Intro To Climate Change Vocabulary

Day-to-day variation of the atmosphere’s

condition locally.

• Weather

• Greenhouse Gases

• Fossil Fuels

• Glacier

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A slowly moving mass of ice formed by

the accumulation and compaction of

snow on mountains or near the poles.

• Weather

• Biofuel

• Fossil Fuels

• Glacier

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Coal, oil, and natural gas formed from

the fossilized, buried remains of plants

and animals that lived millions of years

ago.

• Weather

• Greenhouse Gases

• Fossil Fuels

• Glacier

Gases in the atmosphere like carbon

dioxide, methane, and water vapor that

absorb infrared radiation.

• Renewable Resources

• Greenhouse Gases

• Fossil Fuels

• Glacier

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A result or effect of an action or

condition.

• Renewable Resources

• Greenhouse Gases

• Consequence

• Glacier

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Long-term, average weather over a large

area.

• Climate

• Greenhouse Effect

• Consequence

• Renewable Resources

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Process of gases in the atmosphere like

carbon dioxide, methane, and water

vapor that absorb infrared light and

redirect it back toward Earth, which

keeps Earth warm.

• Climate

• Greenhouse Effect

• Consequence

• Renewable Resources

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Are replenished naturally and over

relatively short periods of time. The five

major renewable energy resources are

solar, wind, water (hydro), biomass, and

geothermal.

• Climate

• Greenhouse Effect

• Consequence

• Renewable Resources

A result or effect of an action or

condition.

• Consequence

• Renewable Resources

• Greenhouse Gases

• Climate

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Fuels made from plants or algae that

are a form of renewable energy.

• Glacier

• Biofuel

• Molecular Biologist

• Weather

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