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CLIMATE

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  • Melting ................. early snowmelt, and severe droughts will cause more dramatic water shortages and increase the risk of wildfires
    glaciers
  • In the United States, the burning of ......................... to make electricity is the largest source of heat-trapping pollution, producing about two billion tons of CO2 every year
    fossil fuels
  • Since the start of the Industrial ????, more than 2,000 billion tons of carbon dioxide have been released into the atmosphere by human activities
    Revolution
  • ...................comes in second in global warming pollution.
    The USA
  • The area without oxygen in the oceans is called ...............
    dead zone
  • the decrease or depletion of forests are called ......................
    deforestation
  • when was greenhouse effect identified?
    1896
  • In recent years, ...................has taken the lead in global-warming pollution, producing about 28 percent of all CO2 emissions
    China
  • We should encourage people to use.................energy sources.
    renewable
  • Farm ..................pollute the air
    fertilizer
  • Sunlight makes the earth ...............
    habitable
  • ....................occurs when carbon dioxide (CO2) and other air pollutants and greenhouse gases collect in the atmosphere and absorb sunlight and solar radiation that have bounced off the earth’s surface.
    global warming
  • Increased greenhouse means less ...................escape.
    heat
  • Without greenhouse effect, the world would be a .............., uninhabitable place, more like Mars
    frozen
  • he natural warming of the earth that results when gases in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun that would otherwise escape into space.
    greenhouse effect
  • By using............................products, we can save the world.
    eco-friendly
  • The greenhouse effect is a good thing. It warms the planet to its comfortable average of ??????????? degrees Fahrenheit (15 degrees Celsius) and keeps life on earth, well, livable.
    59
  • Cars and trucks are responsible for more than 80 percent of ???-related carbon emissions.
    transportation
  • Rising ...................will lead to coastal flooding
    sea levels
  • Every human being has to take..................against climate change.
    precaution, action