{"id":2021,"date":"2020-10-19T15:54:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T15:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=2021"},"modified":"2020-10-20T01:09:31","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T01:09:31","slug":"climate-change-terminology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/climate-change-terminology\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate change terminology"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2021\" class=\"elementor elementor-2021\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ae6ceeb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ae6ceeb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"ab9874a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Climate Change<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e324eb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"e324eb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-climate-change-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2048 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/introduction-to-climate-change\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Introduction to climate change<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2047 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/climate-change-terminology\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Climate change terminology<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2046 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-greenhouse-effect\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">The greenhouse effect<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2045 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-causes-climate-change\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What causes climate change<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2044 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/effects-of-climate-change\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Effects of climate change<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2043 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/climate-change-factsheet\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Climate change factsheet<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2042 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-can-i-do\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What can I do?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d420c73 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d420c73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef6659b elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"ef6659b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-661a1eb\" data-id=\"661a1eb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb4b98c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eb4b98c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Important Climate Change Terms<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ad28e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ad28e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Climate<br \/><\/b><\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">It describes the total of all weather occurring over a long period in a given place. It is the average weather condition of that place. Climate tells us what it is usually like in the place where you live.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">For example, some countries like Cameroon, Ghana, and Liberia are all in the tropical wet region of Africa. They have a very sunny, hot, and wet climate all year round. However, there may be very different day-to-day weather conditions in each village or town in these countries.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Weather<br \/><\/b><\/span><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_2086\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2086\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2086\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/the-weather.jpg\" alt=\"Weather or climate? \" width=\"600\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/the-weather.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/the-weather-300x129.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2086\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weather or climate?<\/figcaption><\/figure><p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Weather is all around us. The weather may be one of the first things you notice when you wake up. Weather describes whatever is happening outdoors in a given place at a given time. It can change a lot within a short time. For example, It can be windy at night, rainy in the morning, hot and sunny at noontime, and even back to windy before sunset. It includes daily changes in rainfall, temperature, and wind in a given location.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Greenhouse<br \/><\/b><\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A greenhouse is also another word you should know. Have you ever seen a\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">greenhouse<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">? In some countries, people build a small glasshouse to plant crops in it. They construct these small glasshouses to keep the sun&#8217;s heat from escaping from the glasshouses.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In a way, the planet earth is like a glasshouse. The earth has some very important gasses in the atmosphere that keeps us warm.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Some of these gases are\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">water vapor, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">When the sun heats the earth&#8217;s surface, these gases keep the heat on the earth&#8217;s surface. Without these gases, heat would escape back into space, and earth\u2019s average temperature would be about 60\u00b0F colder.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><i>Did you know&#8230;<\/i><\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><i>Did you know that Methane (a greenhouse gas) is produced when vegetation is burned, digested, or rotted with no oxygen present? Garbage dumps, rice paddies, and grazing cows and other livestock release lots of methane.<\/i><\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><i>Have you ever got into a car that has been left in the sun with all windows closed? 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