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| 7468871694 | greenhouse effect | A natural process in which certain gases in the atmosphere keep heat near Earth and prevent it from radiat-ing into space | 0 | |
| 7468871695 | greenhouse gas | Gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, water vapor, and ozone in the atmosphere which are involved in the greenhouse effect. | 1 | |
| 7468871696 | thermohaline circulation | Cool water generally has a greater density than warm water. Saltier water is denser than water with a lower salinity. Therefore, warmer, less salty water moves along the surface of the ocean, and colder, saltier water moves deep beneath the ocean's surface. | 2 | |
| 7468871698 | topography | Describes the surface character-istics of the area, including its elevation and features such as mountains, rivers, and lakes | 3 | |
| 7468871699 | global climate change | A change in global weather patterns; includes changes in temperature, rainfall, wind patterns, and storm frequency. | 4 | |
| 7468871700 | global warming | Refers specifically to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature | 5 | |
| 7468871701 | proxy indicator | Types of indirect evidence that serve as substitutes for direct measurement and shed light on past climate (examples: ice core samples, sediments from under bodies of water, tree rings) | 6 | |
| 7468871702 | climate model | Programs that combine what is known about the atmosphere and oceans to simulate, or imitate, climate processes | 7 | |
| 7482585956 | Evidence of a warming earth | 1. Rising surface temperatures 2. Changes in precipitation 3. Melting ice 4. Rising Sea Levels | 8 | |
| 7482613976 | Causes of climate change | 1. Burning Fossil fuels 2. Changes in land use - deforestation - raising livestock | 9 | |
| 7482625972 | Shifting habitats | Effect of climate change - habitats of some plants and animals shift to where the climate is cooler- toward the north or south poles - or further up a mountain | 10 | |
| 7482633423 | Effects of climate change | Shifting habitats, changing migration times, problems with food availability, warm & acidic oceans | 11 | |
| 7482606772 | Charles Keeling | Scientist who collected samples of carbon dioxide from Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii starting in 1958 | 12 | |
| 7468871703 | fossil fuel | The main source of extra carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is the burning of carbon-containing fuels, such as oil, natural gas, and coal, for energy. | 13 | |
| 7468871704 | coral bleaching | Occurs when a coral becomes stressed and expels most of its colorful algae, leaving an underlying ghostly white skeleton of calcium carbonate | 14 | |
| 7468871705 | carbon footprint | The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible | 15 | |
| 7468871706 | carbon tax | A fee that a government charges polluters for each unit of greenhouse gases they emit | 16 | |
| 7468871707 | carbon offset | A voluntary payment made when one industry or person, instead of reducing its own greenhouse gas emissions, pays another group or person to do so | 17 | |
| 7468871708 | carbon sequestration | Consists of ways of storing this captured carbon. For example, the carbon might be stored underground. | 18 | |
| 7468871709 | Kyoto Protocol | An international agreement that seeks to limit green-house gas emissions. The US did not sign this agreement - thought that emission reduction requirements were not fair - 2005 | 19 | |
| 7482780500 | Paris climate accord | An agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dealing with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance starting in the year 2020 - signed in April 2016 | 20 | |
| 7468902094 | carbon dioxide | Major greenhouse gas put into the atmosphere during fossil fuel combustion (burning) and deforestation | 21 | |
| 7468910355 | methane | powerful greenhouse gas that enters the atmosphere when cows digest food | 22 | |
| 7468924859 | latitude | measurement of a place's distance from the equator | 23 | |
| 7468935807 | tropical | climate regions that receive the most direct sun on the planet | 24 | |
| 7468941683 | polar | climate regions that receive the least direct sun on the planet | 25 | |
| 7468944878 | temperate | climate regions that are cool during some parts of the year and warm in others | 26 | |
| 7468976796 | seasons | The result of the earth having a 23.5 degree tilt | 27 | |
| 7468985182 | rain shadow effect | Precipitation falls on one side of a mountain, and as the now drier air mass moves across the mountain, the other receives relatively less precipitation | 28 |
