Vocab 3

Question 1

exaggerated pride or self-confidence

Answer 1

hubris

Question 2

not part of the mainstream; unconventional, peripheral, or extreme.

Answer 2

fringe

Question 3

a person who advocates a theory, proposal, or project.

Answer 3

proponents

Question 4

the deliberate large-scale manipulation of an environmental process that affects the earth’s climate, in an attempt to counteract the effects of global warming.

Answer 4

geoengineering

Question 5

the layer of earth’s atmosphere above the weather, about 6 miles above the surface up to 32 miles

Answer 5

stratosphere

Question 6

having the effect of making something bad less severe, serious, or painful.

Answer 6

mitigating

Question 7

(of a person) famous and respected within a particular sphere or profession.

Answer 7

eminent

Question 8

a robot that is designed and engineered to deal with its environment on its own

Answer 8

autonomous robot

Question 9

the action or process of calculating or estimating something.

Answer 9

reckoning

Question 10

to slowly but surely become free from dependending upon something

Answer 10

wean

Question 11

a layer in the earth’s stratosphere containing ozone (O3), which absorbs most of the ultraviolet radiation

Answer 11

ozone layer

Question 12

the “greenhouse gas” in the atmosphere from fossil fuel emissions that trap heat from the sun and radiate it back down onto earth, causing the planet to increase in temperature

Answer 12

CO2 (as greenhouse gas)