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12 Cards in this Set
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Global Warming
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Increase in the Earth's average temperature
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Global Climate Change
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Change in average weather conditions in a region over a long period of time
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Greenhouse Gases
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Gases that absorb sun's energy and emit energy in our atmosphere (i.e Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and water vapor)
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Global Dimming
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Less sunlight reaching the Earth due to particulate air pollution
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Renewable
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Resources that can be replenished rapidly (hours to decades)
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Nonrenewable
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Resources that would take millions to billions of years to replenish
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Photovoltaic Cell
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Converts sunlight (solar) energy into electrical energy without a generator
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Morals
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What is right versus wrong
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Value
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Worth
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Opinion
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Idea or belief
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Environmental Ethic
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The body of moral principles or values followed by a person in regards to their total surroundings (your actions)
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Sustainable
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an environment in which organisms can survive indefinitely
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