Climate Change Vocabulary

The gases that surround a planet

• atmosphere

• carbon dioxide

• ice cap

• sea level

Sources of energy that were formed underground millions of years ago, like oil and coal

• sea level

• increase / rise

• fossil fuels

• climate

The weather conditions that we usually find in a place

• ice cap

• fossil fuels

• climate

• carbon dioxide

A gas that is produced when we burn things (CO2)

• melt

• climate

• carbon dioxide

• ice cap

Change from a solid to a liquid form

• ice cap

• climate

• melt

How high the top of the ocean is where it meets the land

• fossil fuels

• sea level

• increase / rise

• ice cap

Go up or get higher

• sea level

• melt

• sea level

• increase / rise

A thick layer of ice at the north and south poles

• ice cap

• fossil fuels

• climate

• carbon dioxide