EFFECTS OF

CLIMATE CHANGE

Depletes the ozone layer that

Destroys bodies of water. Destroys living things.
causes high temperature.

Melting of ice results in the rise of sea Hurricanes have also become warmer oceans, hurricanes
levels and that endangers many more aggressive largely because
islands to disappear completely. of warmer temperatures. and tornados become more intense

Major impact on the quantity and the Ecological and behavioral

Greenhouse gases responses of Wild life.
quality of drinking water

Many infectious diseases, including lengthens the transmission season Malnutrition and
water-borne ones, are highly sensitive and expands the geographical
to climate conditions range of many diseases. undernutrition

Animal Extinctions El Niño La Niña

DEFINITION OF TERMS
Aggressive - strong or emphatic in effect or intent.
Animal - any of a kingdom (Animalia) of living things including many-celled organisms and
often many of the single-celled ones (such as protozoans) that typically differ from plants in
having cells without cellulose walls, in lacking chlorophyll and the capacity for photosynthesis,
in requiring more complex food materials (such as proteins), in being organized to a greater
degree of complexity, and in having the capacity for spontaneous movement and rapid motor
responses to stimulation.
Behavioral responses- entails the actions and interactions of the person to try to maintain a
balance in the internal body system.
Bodies of water - is any significant accumulation of water, generally on a planet's surface.
Climate Change - a change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change
apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels
of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels.
Climate conditions - the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as
temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout
the year, averaged over a series of years. a region or area characterized by a given climate.
Deplete - The use or consumption of a resource, especially a natural resource, faster than it is
replenished.
Disapper - is to vanish, evaporate, or just fade away.
El Niño - an irregularly occurring and complex series of climatic changes affecting the
equatorial Pacific region and beyond every few years, characterized by the appearance of
unusually warm, nutrient-poor water off northern Peru and Ecuador, typically in late December.
Extinction - is the cessation of existence of a species or group of taxa, reducing biodiversity.
Geographical range - describes the spatial area where a species is found.
Greenhouse gases - is a gas that absorbs and emits radiant energy within the thermal infrared
range.
High temperature – the warm or considered as a hot temperature.
Hurricanes - a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean.
Infectious diseases - are disorders caused by organisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi or
parasites.
Islands - is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands
such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys.
La Niña - is a coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon that is the colder counterpart of El Niño.
Malnutrition - is a condition that results from eating a diet in which one or more nutrients are
either not enough or are too much such that the diet causes health problems.
Melting of Ice - The heat of fusion of ice, the heat required to melt one gram, is about 80
calories; this amount of heat would raise the temperature of a gram of liquid water from the
freezing point (0 °C, or 32 °F) to 80 °C (176 °F).
Ozone Layer - shield is a region of Earth's stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun's ultraviolet
radiation. It contains high concentration of ozone (O3) in relation to other parts of the
atmosphere, although still small in relation to other gases in the stratosphere.
Quality of water - refers to the chemical, physical, biological, and radiological characteristics of
water. It is a measure of the condition of water relative to the requirements of one or more biotic
species and or to any human need or purpose.
Quantity of water - is the timing and total yield of water from a watershed, and is measured by
total yield and peak flow over a specified period of time.
The rise of sea levels - causes of global sea level rise are thermal expansion caused by warming
of the ocean and increased melting of land-based ice, such as glaciers and ice sheets.
Tornadoes - is a violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground.
The most violent tornadoes are capable of tremendous destruction with wind speeds of up to 300
mph.
Transmission season - is related mainly to the rainy season in south-east Asia but may take
place all year round, particularly in tropical climate zones.
Undernutrition- includes being underweight for one's age, too short for one's age , dangerously
thin , and deficient in vitamins and mineral.
Warmer temperatures - characterized by comparatively high temperature: a warm oven; a
warm climate; a warm summer.
Water - is a transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is
the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere, and the fluids of most living organisms. It is vital
for all known forms of life, even though it provides no calories or organic nutrients.
Water-borne - are caused by drinking contaminated or dirty water.
Wild life - refers to undomesticated animal species, but has come to include all organisms that
grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans.