Environmental Issues

A measure of how hot or cold something is.

• Gases

• Temperature

• Atmosphere

A gradual increase in average global temperature

• Global warming

• Drought

• Wildfires

to go up

• Shrink

• Increase

• Decrease

A large fire that spreads quickly over a natural area.

• Farmland

• Deserts

• Wildfire

A long period without rain.

• Drought

• Desert

• Rise

Change from a solid to a liquid.

• Fall

• Shrink

• Melt

Increase in size

• Increase

• Expand

• Fall

The cloud of black, gray, or white gases and dust that is produced by burning something.

• Fire

• Smoke

• Rain

An overflowing of water in a normally dry area

• Rise

• Flood

• Rain

The capacity of certain gases in the atmosphere to trap heat, thereby warming the Earth

• Fire

• Temperature

• Greenhouse