Climate change section 2

What is climate change?

• Change in the weather patterns of one local area

• Long term changes in temperature and weather patterns

• Climate changing into something more comfortable

• When climate gives you a 20 and you have to give them back 15

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What is the Greenhouse Effect?

• When a house is painted green to use less energy

• The ability to grow vegetables in the winter

• A glass house that is used to grow plants

• The trapping of the sun's warmth in the atmosphere

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Choose all options that are evidence for climate change

• Rising global temperatures

• The moon is getting further away

• Sea level is rising

• Glaciers are shrinking

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The main human activity that releases greenhouse gases is

• using bottled water
• burning fossil fuels
• texting on cellphones
• eating meat

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Worldwide, temperatures have been increasing for more than 100 years.  Is this evidence of global warming?

• yes
• no

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Things you can do to help decrease global warming include:

• Eat more ice cream.
• Keep your freezer door open.
• Keep your air conditioner on high.
• Turn off your lights when you’re not using them.

Melting of glaciers and polar ice caps....

• will result in cooler temperatures in the Arctic
• will result in sea-levels rising
• Will have no effect on ecosystems
• None of the above

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What is the definition of weather?

• a period of abnormally dry weather that lasts at least 2 years
• the specific condition of the atmosphere at a particular place and time
• a complex community of organisms and the community's environment
• a release of toxic gas

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What is the average weather for a particular time and region called?

• drought
• weather
• emissions
• climate

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A pattern of weather over long periods of time.

• Climate

• Weather

• Global Warming

• Temperature

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