Earth Day Vocabulary Quiz

climate change; the changes that are happening to the Earth’s climate; the planet is getting hotter

• global warming
• glacier
• fossil fuels
• greenhouse gases

caused from the burning of oil and gas that become trapped in the atmosphere and cause global warming

• treaty
• glacier
• fossil fuels
• greenhouse gases

the whole mass of air that surrounds the Earth

• global warming
• offshore
• atmosphere
• ozone

a standard level that is used when measuring the height or depth of a place on land

• sea level
• offshore
• atmosphere
• ozone

is a huge mass of ice that moves slowly over land

• sea level
• glacier
• atmosphere
• plastic

located in the ocean away from the shore

• sea level
• offshore
• atmosphere
• plastic

a fuel (such as coal, oil, or natural gas) that is formed in the earth from dead plants or animals

• global warming
• plastic
• fossil fuels
• ozone

a form of oxygen that is found in a layer high in the earth's atmosphere that blocks some of the sun’s rays

• global warming
• plastic
• atmosphere
• ozone

an official agreement that is made between two or more countries or groups

• treaty
• offshore
• fossil fuels
• greenhouse gases

a light, strong substance that can be made into different shapes and that is used for making many common products

• treaty
• glacier
• fossil fuels
• plastic