climate

Climatechange

By: Matias Benavides

Climatechange Climatechangeis a significantandlastingchange in

thestatisticaldistributionofweatherpatternsoverperiodsra

ngingfromdecadestomillionsofyears.

It may be a change in average

weatherconditionsorthedistributionofeventsaroundthat

average.

Causes Natural causes

Continental drift

Volcanoes

The earth's tilt

Ocean currents

Human causes Greenhouse gases and their sources

How we all contribute every day

Cars, buses, and trucks are the principal ways by which

goods and people are transported in most of our cities.

These are run mainly on petrol or diesel, both fossil

fuels.

We generate large quantities of waste in the form of

plastics that remain in the environment for many years

and cause damage.

Quizzes

http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/climate/quiz/i

ndex.cfm

GlossaryofEnvironmentalTerm

s aerosol - a suspension of small liquid or solid particles

in gas.

ash - incombustible residue left over after incineration

or other thermal processes.

crop dusting - the application of pesticides to plants by

a low-flying plane.

carcinogens - substances that cause cancer, such as

tar.