Global warming 8th gr

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Farming and _______ activities are large methane and NO2 contributors

Agricultural

The transportation of ____ ____ burns fossil fuels and creates CO2

Bottled water

Many other ____ are ahead of the U.S. in controlling carbon emissions

Countries

The Intergovernmental Panel on ______ Change was established in 1988

Climate

Currently the top energy-producing energy source

Coal

_____removes trees and limits their ability to reduce CO2 levels

Deforestation

No link between ____ ___ and global warming has been found yet

El Niño

Automotive _____ is a significant contributor to CO2 emissions

Exhaust

Some types of plants & animals will become _____ as temperatures rise

Extinct

_____ weather, like tornadoes, hurricanes, and lightning storms will increase

Extreme

The burning of ____ ____ has greatly increased the amounts of Co2

Fossil fuels

Melting _____ and polar ice will cause sea levels to rise

Glaciers

The movie "an inconvenient truth" by Al _____ won 2 oscars in 2007

Gore

Water vapor, CO2, N20, methane, and ozone are all ____ gases

Greenhouse

The ______ _____ is not the heating process of real greenhouses

Greenhouse effect

_____ activity is a major cause of recent climate change

Hman

The atmosphere will become more _____ as more water vapor is created

Humid

The majority of the ____ in Co2 in the atmosphere has been since 1850

Increase

Most major ____ nations agree that global warming is a problem

Industrialized

Long wave _____ radiation from the atmosphere warms the surface

Infrared

The ____ Protocol calls for the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions

Kyoto

Landfills, animals, and animal waste emit ____ gas

Methane

Some consider ______ gas to be better, but it still adds to CO2 emissions

Natural

______ bears may become extinct due to the melting Arctic ice fields

Polar

_____ plants and factories create nearly half of the CO2 emitted

Power

Many ____ disagree on how quickly the Earth's climate is changing

Scientists

As ___ ______ rise, some coastal areas could lose land area

Sea levels

_____ vapor is the largest natural contributor to global warming

Water


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