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Climate Change Basics
🌍 Part 1: Climate Change Quiz
1. What is climate change?
When the weather changes from day to day
Long-term changes in Earth's temperature and weather patterns
Only changes that happen in winter
2. What is the greenhouse effect?
When plants grow in greenhouses
When gases in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun
When it rains a lot
3. Which of these are greenhouse gases? (Check all that apply)
Carbon dioxide (CO₂)
Water vapor
Oxygen
Methane
4. What happens when there are too many greenhouse gases in the atmosphere?
Earth gets colder
Earth gets warmer
Nothing changes
🔗 Part 2: Matching Activity
Draw lines to match each term with its meaning:
Climate Change
Greenhouse Effect
Carbon Dioxide
Global Warming
A greenhouse gas we breathe out
When Earth's temperature rises
Gases trapping heat in the atmosphere
Long-term changes in Earth's weather
✏️ Part 3: Fill in the Blanks & Short Answer
5. Fill in the blanks using the words from the word bank:
Word Bank: sun, atmosphere, heat, greenhouse, warmer
The _______ sends energy to Earth. Gases in the _______ trap this _______ like a _______. This makes Earth _______.
6. Name two things people can do to help reduce climate change:
7. Why do we need some greenhouse gases? Explain in one sentence:
8. Draw a simple picture showing how the greenhouse effect works:
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