Cimate Change Terms

Question 1

Natural energy in which the sun is trapped in the lower atmosphere made worse by human activity

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Enhanced greenhouse effect

Question 2

Gases such as methane which contribute to the the insulating properties of the lower atmosphere

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Green House gases

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Changes in relatives level of the lands

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Isostatic

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Changes both up and down in levels of the sea or oceans

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eustatic

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A narrow deep lake

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Loch

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Inter governmental panel on cl8mate change

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Ipcc

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Strategies used to reduce the impact before it happens

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Mitigation

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A period roughly 10,000years since that ice age when humans have been dominant

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Holocene

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Learning to live with impacts of an event

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Adaptation

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An estimation of the amount of carbon produced by one person per year

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Carbon footprint

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Production and discharge of gas

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Emissions

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A natural fuel such as coal formed from living organisms in the past

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Fossil fuel

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A change in global or regional patterns

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Climate change