Earth's Changing Climate Flashcards
(15 cards)
What is climate?
General weather patterns over a long period of time.
What is climate change?
Changes in climate over a long period of time that can be caused by natural events or human activities.
What is a trend?
Overall tendency (for example, a consistent increase) in a set of data over time.
What is fluctuation?
Variations in a set of data.
What is energy?
The ability to make things move or change.
What is temperature?
A measure of how hot or cold something is.
What does absorb mean?
To take in.
What is the atmosphere?
The mixture of gases surrounding a planet.
What is carbon dioxide?
A molecule made of carbon and oxygen atoms.
What is methane?
A molecule made of carbon and hydrogen atoms.
What is a model?
An object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see.
What does change mean?
When something becomes different over time.
What is stability?
When something stays mostly the same over time.
What are human activities?
Activities performed by humans that can affect the environment.
What is combustion?
The process of burning something.
