Weekly HW 19/Environmental Issues & Sustainability Vocab.

A change in global weather patterns; includes changes in temperature, wind patterns, rainfall, and the frequency of storms.

• Greenhouse Effect

• Climate Change

• Ice-Albedo Effect

A natural process in which certain gases in the atmosphere (specifically the troposphere) trap heat near the Earth, thus warming the Earth.

• Greenhouse Effect

• Climate Change

• Ice-Albedo Effect

A gas that traps heat near Earth; includes carbon dioxide.

• Albedo

• Greenhouse Gas

• Hypoxia

A positive feedback loop in which the more snow and ice there is on Earth, the more sunlight and heat are reflected thus cooling the Earth and causing more snow and ice, but the less snow and ice there is on Earth, the less sunlight and heat are reflected thus warming the Earth causing less snow and ice.

• Ocean Acidification

• Climate Change

• Ice-Albedo Effect

The amount of energy reflected by a surface.

• Albedo

• Greenhouse Gas

• Bycatch

A self-perpetuating cycle that enhances the change as the cycle continues.

• Positive Feedback Loop

• Urban Sprawl

• Bycatch

Oceans become more acidic due to the absorption of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

• Ocean Acidification

• Pollution

• Acid Rain

Sediment is removed from a coastline due to local sea level rise, strong wave action, and coastal flooding.

• Coastal Erosion

• Ocean Acidification

• Acid Rain

Sediments are removed/taken away from an area.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Sediments are dropped off/settle out in a new area.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition