CLIMATE CHANGE

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A natural community of plants, animals, and other organisms and the physical environment in which they live and interact

• Atmosphere

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

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A mixture of gases, such as nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide, that surrounds the Earth

• Atmosphere

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

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Weather patterns for about 30 years can be used to describe the climate of a particular place.

• Precipitation

• Climate

• Fossil fuel

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Any moisture that falls to Earth, such as rain, snow, hail, sleet, or mist

• Precipitation

• Climate

• Fossil fuel

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An energy-rich substance type of fuel that is created from dead plant and animal material trapped between layers of rock deep within the Earth

• Precipitation

• Climate

• Fossil fuel

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A natural or human-made gas that traps heat in the atmosphere

• Carbon dioxide

• Greenhouse Gas

• Ozone

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A gas made up of three atoms of oxygen bonded together

• Carbon dioxide

• Greenhouse Gas

• Ozone

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A colorless, odorless gas that is released from the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and natural gas

• Carbon dioxide

• Greenhouse Gas

• Ozone

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The total amount of greenhouse gases released by a person, family, building, organization, or company each year

• Carbon footprint

• Mitigation

• Renewable Resource

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Taking actions in order to decrease the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere

• Carbon footprint

• Mitigation

• Renewable Resource