When a material takes in heat energy and warms up.

How well something holds onto heat instead of losing it quickly.

Energy from the Sun that reaches Earth as light and heat.

The energy of moving particles in matter—basically heat energy.

How something changes long-term climate conditions.

Common trends in weather over time in an area.

What physically covers the land.

A gas in the air that living things breathe to survive.

The most common gas in Earth’s atmosphere, mostly not reactive.

Gases that trap heat in the atmosphere and warm Earth.

How much sunlight a surface reflects, higher albedo means more reflection.

Land heats and cools faster than water, which changes local climate.

Cities get hotter than nearby rural areas because pavement and buildings absorb heat.

The lowest layer of the atmosphere where weather happens.

Different places heat up differently because of angle, surface type, and water/land.

The layer of gases surrounding Earth.

Incoming energy to Earth, mostly from the Sun.

Energy leaving Earth, mostly as infrared radiation to space.

The star that provides Earth’s energy.

The planet where we live that absorbs, reflects, and releases energy.

Bounces energy, like sunlight, back instead of taking it in.

Takes in energy, usually causing warming.

Movement of air and water that spreads heat around the planet.

A cylinder of ice drilled from glaciers that stores past climate info in trapped bubbles.

Rock/soil layers that give clues about Earth’s past environments and climate.

Water in gas form, a major greenhouse gas.

A greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels and other processes.

A strong greenhouse gas from livestock, wetlands, and fossil fuel leaks.

A greenhouse gas often linked to fertilizers and soil processes.

Man made gases once used in cooling that warm the planet and can damage ozone.

Man made refrigerant gases that don’t harm ozone much but strongly warm the planet.

A gas that protects us in the stratosphere, but near the ground it’s a pollutant.

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Andrew King EES 3.4

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Question	Answer
Heat absorption	When a material takes in heat energy and warms up.
Heat retention	How well something holds onto heat instead of losing it quickly.
Solar radiation	Energy from the Sun that reaches Earth as light and heat.
Thermal energy	The energy of moving particles in matter—basically heat energy.
Climate impact	How something changes long-term climate conditions.
Weather patterns	Common trends in weather over time in an area.
Land cover	What physically covers the land.
Oxygen	A gas in the air that living things breathe to survive.
Nitrogen	The most common gas in Earth’s atmosphere, mostly not reactive.
Greenhouse gasses	Gases that trap heat in the atmosphere and warm Earth.
Albedo effect	How much sunlight a surface reflects, higher albedo means more reflection.
Land vs water	Land heats and cools faster than water, which changes local climate.
Urban heat island	Cities get hotter than nearby rural areas because pavement and buildings absorb heat.
Surface	The outer layer of Earth.
Troposphere	The lowest layer of the atmosphere where weather happens.
Uneven heating	Different places heat up differently because of angle, surface type, and water/land.
Atmosphere	The layer of gases surrounding Earth.
Energy in	Incoming energy to Earth, mostly from the Sun.
Energy out	Energy leaving Earth, mostly as infrared radiation to space.
Sun	The star that provides Earth’s energy.
Earth	The planet where we live that absorbs, reflects, and releases energy.
Reflects	Bounces energy, like sunlight, back instead of taking it in.
Absorbs	Takes in energy, usually causing warming.
Circulation	Movement of air and water that spreads heat around the planet.
Ice core	A cylinder of ice drilled from glaciers that stores past climate info in trapped bubbles.
Geologic sample	Rock/soil layers that give clues about Earth’s past environments and climate.
Water vapor	Water in gas form, a major greenhouse gas.
Carbon dioxide	A greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels and other processes.
Methane	A strong greenhouse gas from livestock, wetlands, and fossil fuel leaks.
Nitrous oxide	A greenhouse gas often linked to fertilizers and soil processes.
HCFCs	Man made gases once used in cooling that warm the planet and can damage ozone.
HFCs	Man made refrigerant gases that don’t harm ozone much but strongly warm the planet.
Ozone	A gas that protects us in the stratosphere, but near the ground it’s a pollutant.

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