Climate Change

Question 1

Adaptation

Answer 1

Actions taken to adjust to natural events such as climate change, to reduce potential damage, limit the impacts, take advantage of opportunities, or cope with the consequences.

Question 2

Climate change

Answer 2

A long-term change in the Earth’s climate, especially a change due to an increase in the average atmospheric temperatures.

Question 3

Mitigation

Answer 3

Actions taken to reduce or eliminate the long-term risk to human life and property from natural hazards, such as building earthquake-proof buildings or making international agreements about carbon reduction targets.

Question 4

Orbital Changes

Answer 4

Changes in the pathway of the earth around the sun.

Question 5

Quaternary Period

Answer 5

The period of geological time from about 2.6 million years ago to the present. It is characterized by the appearance and development of humans and includes the Pleistocene and Holocene Epochs.