Unit 8: Earth's Changing Climate

_____: to take in

• absorb
• reflect
• bounce
• release

_____: the mixture of gases surrounding a planet

• biosphere
• geosphere
• atmosphere
• hydrosphere

_____: a molecule made of carbon and oxygen atoms

• sulfur dioxide 
• carbon dioxide
• methane
• nitrogen dioxide

_____: when something becomes different over time

• stability
• continue
• rate
• change

_____: a proposed answer to a question about the natural world

• claim
• evidence
• reasoning
• investigation

_____: general weather patterns over a long period of time

• weather
• climate change
• climate
• season

_____: changes in climate over a long period of time that can be caused by natural events or human activities

• climate change
• weather patterns
• megastorm
• hurricane

_____: the process of burning fuels, which produces carbon dioxide

• reflection
• combustion
• forestation
• evaporation

_____: information collected in an investigation

• trend
• data
• guess
• assumption

_____: the process of clearing trees from land

• reforestation
• unforestation
• forestation
• deforestation