Climate Change Vocab Quiz

A gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation, e.g. carbon dioxide

• greenhouse effect

• greenhouse gas

• carbon dioxide

• global warming

A gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration

• greenhouse effect

• fossil fuel

• carbon dioxide

• greenhouse gases

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Long-term shifts in temperature and weather patterns

• climate change

• global warming

• greenhouse effect

• fossil fuel

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Energy generated in ways that do not deplete natural resources or harm the environment

• fossil fuels

• carbon dixoide

• alternative energy

• greenhouse gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

The trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere

• climate change

• greenhouse gas

• greenhouse effect

• global warming

The current rise in the average temperature of Earth's air and oceans

• greenhouse effect

• climate change

• greenhouse gas

• global warming

A natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms

• carbon dixoide

• fossil fuels

• alternative energy

• greenhouse gas