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10 Glossary Words You Need To Know

  1. Carbon Dioxide: Carbon dioxide, or CO2, is a minor but very important part of the atmosphere. It is the primary greenhouse gas of climate change.

  2. Carbon Footprint:  A carbon footprint is the amount of carbon dioxide that is released into the air

  3. Chlorofluorocarbons: nontoxic, nonflammable chemicals containing atoms of carbon, chlorine, and fluorine

  4. Deforestation: Deforestation is the act of cutting/burning trees.

  5. Emissions: Emissions are the release of a gas into the air.

  6. Greenhouse Effect: The greenhouse effect is essential for our planet to maintain a good temperature, but can be harmful if too many greenhouse gases are released. It's like too much of a good thing!

  7. Methane: Methane is a hydrocarbon gas produced from decomposition of wastes in landfills, agriculture, rice cultivation, and digestion related to domestic livestock.

  8. Nitrous Oxide: A powerful greenhouse gas produced mainly by commercial and organic fertilizers, fossil fuel combustion, nitric acid production, and biomass burning. It has synthetic compounds, and is entirely of industrial origin.It also has an ability to contribute to damage of the ozone layer.

  9. Renewable Energy: Renewable energy is clean energy from sources that can be used over and over. Examples of renewable energy are solar, wind, water, and geothermal (energy from the Earth). These sources will almost always be there, unlike nonrenewable energy, which is limited and emits greenhouse gases.

  10. Water Vapor: Water Vapor is the most plentiful greenhouse gas. It increases as the Earth's climate warms, creating more clouds and precipitation.

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