Global warming 8th gr
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