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Climate Change Vocab
13 Vocab words from Amplify science
Term | Definition |
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climate | general weather pattern over a long period of time |
climate change | changes in climate over a long period of time that can be caused by natural events or human activities |
trend | overall tendency in a set of data over time. |
fluctuation | variations in a set of data |
energy | a measure of how hot or cold something is |
absorb | to take in |
atmosphere | the mixture of gases surrounding a planet |
carbon dioxide | a molecule made of carbon and oxygen atoms, made during burning of fossil fuels |
methane | a molecule made of carbon and hydrogen atoms, a natural gas |
ozone | molecules containing oxygen in the upper atmosphere that block out ultra-violet radiation |
stability | the state of being stable, not changing |
change | make or become different |
sulfur dioxide | a gas considered a pollutant, containing sulfur and oxygen, 99% coming from human sources |