Unit 9 Vocabulary

man-made

• anthropogenic

• deforestation

• ecological

• climate models

a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles

• iceberg

• glacier

• plateau

• volcano

The warming of the surface and lower atmosphere of the Earth that occurs when water vapor, carbon dioxide, and gases absorb and radiate thermal energy

• climate change

• global warming

• greenhouse gases

• greenhouse effect

CH4; powerful greenhouse gas

• deforestation

• carbon dioxide

• methane

• butane

A climate event in the eastern Pacific Ocean in which surface waters are colder than normal

• La Nino

• La Senora

• El Nino

• Gulfstream

changes in the average weather that occurs in an area over a period of years or decades

• anthropogenic

• ocean acidification

• global climate change

• carbon sequestration

the relative amount of heat a greenhouse gas will trap over a number of years in comparison to carbon dioxide

• Greenhouse Gas Level (GGL)

• climate change impact

• ozone depletion

• Greenhouse Warming Potential (GWP)

a greenhouse gas that comes from using nitrogen fertilizers and from burning fossil fuels

• Nitrous Oxide (N2O)

• Methane

• Carbon DIoxide

• Carbon Monoxide

Causes a system to change in the opposite direction from which it is moving

• anthropogenic

• positive feedback loop

• negative feedback loop

• greenhouse effect

A period of cooling temperatures and harsh winters that lasted for much of the early modern era

• Greenhouse effect

• Global climate change

• Carbon sequestration

• Little Ice Age