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Climate Change ELL
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Greenhouse effect | heat from the earth is trapped by greenhouse gases |
| fossil fuels | petroleum, natural gas or coal |
| greenhouse gas | molecule that traps heat in the air |
| heat | warm temperature |
| Carbon Dioxide | CO2; gas from burning |
| atmosphere | the air |
| Methane | CH4: gas from fracking and decomposition |
| fracking | getting oil and natural gas out of the ground |
| decomposition | breakdown of dead things |
| hurricane | big storm from the ocean |
| ice age | when most of the Earth was covered with ice |
| sea level rise | oceans getting deeper - moving up onto land |
| ocean acidification | ocean getting more acidic |
| glacier | ice on land |
| extreme precipitation | heavy rain |
| iceberg | big pieces of ice in the ocean |
| drought | no rain in an area for a long time |
| evaporation | water changes from liquid to gas |