Climate Change & Writing Jeopardy
Earth and Atmosphere
Parts of Speech
Citing your Sources
Energy Punctuation Points
Greenhouse Gases
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This is the lowermost layer of the
atmosphere.
This is the most common gas in the
atmosphere
Tiny solid or liquid particles found in the
atmosphere.
The reflectivity of the earth.
The layer of the atmosphere in which
the ozone layer is located.
They stand in for people, places, things
and ideas.
They modify a noun or a pronoun by
describing, identifying or quantifying a word.
They can modify a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a
phrase or a clause.
They link words, phrases and clauses.
They link nouns, pronouns and phrases
to other words in a sentence
Greenhouse gases trap this in the atmosphere.
Greenhouse gases are mainly generated
by this process.
These are two of the three main human
activities that contribute to the
greenhouse effect.
After forests and other plants, this is the
biggest absorber of CO2 on the planet.
Out of six greenhouse gases, these three are the primary concern of
the Kyoto Protocol.
The part of a paper where references are
listed.
We use this version of in-text citation to
identify sources using MLA format.
Your own rendition of essential information and ideas expressed
by someone else.
Book and journal titles are underline in the reference section.
Typically uses footnotes to provide detailed information
about sources.
This is the biggest use of oil.
These are three reasons why nuclear power is not a viable solution for energy
supply.
This is the fastest growing energy
source in the world.
Ethanol and Biodiesel
In addition to CO2, these are two of the main emissions from
coal-fired power plants.
Separates the structural elements of
a sentence into manageable parts
These join only those independent clauses
that are closely related in meaning.
Typically used to introduce a list, a
summation, or an idea that somehow completes the
introductory idea.
Used to combine words and to separate numbers that are not
inclusive.
Used to include material that you want to de-emphasize but
want to include nonetheless.
Politics Logical Fallacies
Sentence Craft
Time Scales ArgumentClimate Impacts
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This successful policy was put in to effect in
1990 to regulate smog and air pollution
Organization created to evaluate the risk of
climate change brought on by
humans.
A new version of this document was
released on February 2nd, 2007.
International treaty to restrict greenhouse gas emissions not ratified by the US.
Successful international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out CFCs.
Making assumptions about a whole group
or range of cases based on a small
sample.
Arguer claims that a sort of chain reaction,
with dire consequences, will
take place.
Arguer goes of on a tangent, raising a side
issue to distract the audience.
Assuming that because B comes
after A, A caused B.
Arguer sets up a wimpy version of the opponent’s position
and proceeds to knock it down.
Climate change is thought to increase the frequency and dangerousness of
these.
These natural water storages are rapidly
disappearing.
These are the two causes for sea level
rise.
These are three of the main effects of climate
change on forests.
This virus is moving northward as the continents warm.
Sentence containing two separate
independent clauses, or complete
sentences, with no conjunction or punctuation.
An incomplete sentence missing the subject, verb and or a
coherent thought.
Clause that includes a subject and a verb.
The subordinate idea of the sentence.
Occurs when you make the object of an action into the subject
of a sentence.
Weather averaged over a long period of
time, usually 30 years.
Periods of long-term reduction in the
temperature of the each.
Two centuries ago, this human activity began to upset the natural balance of
CO2 in the atmosphere.
State of the atmosphere at a
particular time and place.
These events can drastically alter the
earth’s climate, records of them are found in ice cores.
The appeal to emotion.
A broad term, which includes many tactics
designed to move people to a position, a
belief, or course of action.
The appeal to reason.
The appeal of one’s character and
credibility.
He gave mankind the gift of logic.
Final Jeopardy
Location where this dataset was collected.