Earth's Climate Change Vocabulary

The process in which gases in the atmosphere trap the sun's heat.

• global warming

• atmosphere

• greenhouse effect

• greenhouse gases

The types of gases that trap the sun's warmth in the atmosphere.

• carbon dioxide

• pollution

• global gases

• greenhouse gases

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

A greenhouse gas with the chemical name CO2.

• carbon monoxide

• carbon dioxide

• calcium oxide

• calcium carbonate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A change in the earth's climate over a period of time.

• global warming

• worldwide warming

• weather change

• climate change

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

When the average temperature on Earth is getting hotter.

• global warming

• global heating

• global cooling

• globalisation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

A verb or noun which is a synonym of increase.

• rice

• rays

• rise

• rains

The scientific word for ‘air’.

• ionosphere

• atmosphere

• stratosphere

• lithosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Greenhouse gases caused by human activity.

• omissions

• submissions

• fissions

• emissions

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

A system of plants and animals living together.

• ecology

• economics

• ecosystems

• eco-friendly

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

When a type of plant or animal disappears completely.

• eviction

• extinction

• exhaustion

• evolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1