Climate Change
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. ABSORB
A. Having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
2. EARTH
B. To make something different
3. METHANE
C. A building with glass walls and roof
4. AIR
D. The planet we live on
5. ENERGY
E. To take in, also metaphorically
6. RAIN
F. A colorless odorless gas used as a fuel
7. BIOSPHERE
G. The solid part of the earth's surface
8. SUNLIGHT
H. An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere
9. BREATHE
I. The quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature
10. GLOBAL WARMING
J. How hot or cold something is
11. TEMPERATURE
K. Low in temperature; also a sniffly illness
12. CHANGE
L. The regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth where living organisms exist
13. GREENHOUSE
M. The power to do work or make things move
14. WARM
N. To draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
15. CLIMATE
O. A mixture of gases required for breathing
16. HOT
P. Containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor
17. COLD
Q. Very warm
18. HUMID
R. The prevailing psychological state
19. COOL
S. Water falling from clouds
20. LAND
T. The rays of the sun