Greenhouse gases - Carbon dioxide and other gases that trap the heat from the sun in the atmosphere., Climate change - Changes to the weather including drought, flooding, and storms., Global warming - Temperatures across the world are getting higher., Hurricanes - Very powerful storms with strong winds., Drought - Not enough rain leads to water shortages and makes it hard to grow food., Flooding - Too much rain can cause an area to fill up with water., melting ice caps - The ice at the North and South poles is melting because the earth is getting warmer., rising sea levels - The melting ice means that the sea is getting higher and may flood land near the coast., fossil fuels - Crude oil, coal, natural gas and heavy oils created through heat and pressure from the Earth’s crust over millions of years., renewable energy sources - Natural sources of energy, such as sunlight, wind and rain that have an ongoing supply., carbon footprint - The amount of carbon dioxide emitted as a result of human activity., emissions - Greenhouse gases that result from activities such as burning fossil fuels., CO2 - A chemical compound that is produced through breathing. Plants absorb it to fuel their growth.,

Environment (based on Twinkl)

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