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Climate Change & Writing
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Earth and
Atmosphere
Parts of
Speech
Greenhouse
Gases
Citing your
Sources
Energy
Punctuation
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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
Climate
Impacts
Sentence
Craft
Time Scales
Argument
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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
nd
2 , 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.