Global Warming
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. carbon dioxide
A. A colorless odorless gas used as a fuel
2. light
B. A ___ consisting of ___ consolidated into limestone
3. glaciers
C. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic
4. floods
D. Susceptible to attack
5. nitrous oxide
E. Inhalation anesthetic used as an anesthetic in dentistry and surgery
6. science
F. A severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (plural)
7. hurricanes
G. Water that is not salty
8. methane
H. The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land (plural)
9. fresh water
I. Large white-furred mammals native to the Arctic.
10. coral reef
J. Energy that makes things warm
11. vulnerable
K. An event resulting in great loss and misfortune (plural)
12. droughts
L. What lets us see; the opposite of dark
13. climate change
M. The star our planet orbits
14. polar bears
N. How hot or cold something is
15. disasters
O. A slowly moving mass of ice (plural)
16. temperature
P. Study of the natural world through experiments
17. heat
Q. A ___ in the world's ___
18. sun
R. A shortage of rainfall (plural)