What is Climate Change? RI.3.2

A. Climate change is different than weather.

B. Climate change takes hundreds or millions of years.

C. Climate change is a change in a place's usual weather, which has many effects on Earth.

D. Climate change is caused by NASA satellites, which check Earth's land, air, and water.

A. Earth's climate is getting warmer.

B. People can stop the climate from changing.

C. Weather is the change seen and felt outside daily.

D. Scientists should plant more trees to help the climate.

A. Volcanoes are erupting.

B. Scientists are studying climate change.

C. People are using more energy.

D. Oceans are rising.

A. "It might rain one day and be sunny the next."

B. "Sometimes it is cold and sometimes it is hot."

C. "You might live where it snows all the time, ad some people live where it is always warm enough to swim outside!"

D. "This could be a change in how much rain a place usually gets in a year, or it could be a change in a place's usual temperature for a month or season."

A. Weather can change in a few hours.

B. Climate takes hundreds of years to change.

C. Some people live where it snows all of the time.

D. Some people live where they can swim all year long.