Climate Change

Burning fossil fuels (coal, gasoline, natural gas) - energy, transportation, industry Deforestation

Agricultural activities (rice farming, cattle ranching etc.) Decay of organic materials in landfills and sewage treatment plants Mining and gas extraction Burning forests

Management of livestock feed and waste Nitrogen fertilizer Industrial processes Fossil fuel use

Refrigeration

INCREASE in energy trapped by the atmosphere due to greenhouse gases from human activities

Atmospheric conditions including temperature, precipitation, wind and humidity in a particular location over a short period of time such as a day or a week

The average of the weather patterns in a region over a long period of time

A region identified by its specific temperature, precipitation and plant communities

New climate zones, which focus on the energy of the region (landforms, soil, animals, plant and climate)

Air, land, water and ice

The sun All energy comes from the sun in the form of radiation

Energy can either be absorbed, transmitted or reflected by a particle

30%

70%

volcanic eruptions the burning of organic matter cellular respiration from plants and animals

evaporation transpiration

biological processes (plant decomposition in swamps and animal digestion)

exists naturally in the stratosphere acts as a greenhouse gas in the troposphere

reactions of bacteria in soil and water

a reservoir that absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and stores it in another form

ocean trees

a process is which the result acts to influence the original process

a reservoir that absorbs and stored thermal energy like an ocean

water vapour carbon dioxide