Climate Change Vocab

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High with Arctic sea ice, low with water

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albedo effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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Periodic warming of the Pacific Ocean

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El Nino

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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Best explanation for current warming trend

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Anthropogenic causes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

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Most dangerous greenhouse gas

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Methane

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

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Loss in habitat, biodiversity, and possible extinction

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Animals

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

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Soil erosion, pathogens, droughts/floods affect:

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Plants

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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Not a nonrenewable energy source:

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Wind

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Thermal expansion causes

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sea level to rise

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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3-oxygen molecule that blocks some UV radiation

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Ozone

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Distance from the equator, in degrees north and south

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Latitude