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Climate:                                      Carbon dioxide:                           Fossil fuels:
    The average pattern of                        A gas released by the   Carbon            Coal, oil, and nat-
    weather conditions   Global warming:          burning of coal, natural   footprint:     ural gas, which
    over a long period of   The increase in Earth’s   gas, oil, and wood that   The amount of    come from the
    time. Climate isn’t   average temperature     traps heat in the      carbon dioxide one   breakdown of
    weather— weather     over a long period of time  atmosphere          human releases into   ancient plants
    changes daily.                                                       the environment    and animals over
                                                                         in a year          millions of years


































































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