Climate change & Kuwait!

Question 1

What is Weather?

Answer 1

Weather is the state of the atmosphere at a particular place and time as regards heat, cloudiness, dryness, sunshine, wind and rain.

Question 2

What is a Climate?

Answer 2

the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.

Question 3

What is a Climate change?

Answer 3

Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. These shifts may be natural, but since the 1800 s, human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels (like coal, oil and gas), which produces heat-trapping gases.

Question 4

What are Greenhouse gases?

Answer 4

Greenhouse gases are those gases in the atmosphere that raise the surface temperature of planets such as the Earth. What distinguishes them from other gases is that they absorb the wavelengths of radiation that a planet emits, resulting in the greenhouse effect.

Question 5

What is a Greenhouse effect?

Answer 5

The greenhouse effect occurs when greenhouse gases in a planet’s atmosphere cause some of the heat radiated from the sun’s surface to build up at the planet’s surface.

Question 6

The greenhouse effect is a ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,that keeps the planet warm. Without it, humans would not be able to live on Earth.

Answer 6

The greenhouse effect is a Natural Process that keeps the planet warm. Without it, humans would not be able to live on Earth. Energy from the Sun warms the Earth’s surface.

Question 7

The Earth emits some of this heat back out into the …………….Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, such as……………, then absorb some of this heat, which helps to keep the planet warm.

Answer 7

The Earth emits some of this heat back out into the Atmosphere. Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, such as Carbon Dioxide, then absorb some of this heat, which helps to keep the planet warm.

Question 8

Humans have been increasing the …………..of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Answer 8

Humans have been increasing the Concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Question 9

This is through activities like burning ………….., ……………..and creating ……………

Answer 9

This is through activities like burning Fossil Fuels, deforestation and creating Food Waste

Question 10

A greater concentration of greenhouse gases leads to a ……………..

Answer 10

A greater concentration of greenhouse gases leads to a Warmer Planet