Climate Change

The impact 影響 on the planet due to global warming is called...

• climate change 氣候變化

• the seasons 四季

• the weather 天氣

• natural change

The conditions in an area over a long period of time?

• Climate 氣候

• Weather 天氣

Texas has long, hot summers.

• Climate 氣候

• Weather 天氣

It snowed for three days last week.

• Climate 氣候

• Weather 天氣

Climate change causes extreme weather 極端天氣 conditions such as:

• Flooding 水浸

• Heat Waves 熱浪

• Hurricanes 颱風

• All of the above 以上皆是

What are greenhouse gases?

• gases that cause climate change

• gases that emit green smoke

Which human activity 人類活動 contributes 導致 the MOST carbon dioxide 二氧化碳 to the atmosphere?

• Fishing 釣魚

• Breathing 呼吸

• Burning Fossil Fuels 燃燒化石燃料

• Farming 農業

Global Warming DOES NOT affect humans, only plants and animals

• True

• False

When did climate change (CO2 in the atmosphere) increase significantly?

• 1800s Industrial Revolution 工業革命

• 1600s Industrial Revolution　工業革命

What is the definition 定義 of "Greenhouse Effect 溫室效應?"

• Gases that increase Earth's temperature

• when the gases in Earth’s atmosphere trap heat from the Sun and keep the planet warm