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GLOSSARY
atmosphere: the air that surrounds fossil fuel: a fuel (such as coal, oil, or
a planet natural gas) that is formed in the earth
autism spectrum disorder: a from the remains of living plants or
disorder where someone may have animals; burning fossil fuels produces
difficulties in social interaction and carbon dioxide and contributes to
communication, and in restricted climate change
or repetitive patterns of thought lawmaker: an elected government
and behavior official who helps create laws that
carbon dioxide: a colorless, odorless people must follow
gas that is naturally present in air, but parliament: a group of people
which is also produced by burning responsible for making laws in certain
fossil fuels, which contributes to kinds of governments, or the building
climate change where those people work
carbon footprint: the amount of renewable energy: energy that
carbon dioxide (and other carbon comes from a source that cannot be
compounds) a person or group releases used up or destroyed, such as wind or
into the atmosphere by burning solar power
fossil fuels strike: when someone stops working
climate change: abnormal change or going to school in order to force
in Earth’s climate patterns caused by someone else to agree to do something
fossil fuels summit: a meeting between the leaders
emissions: something given off as of two or more governments
a result of operating, such as carbon United Nations: an organization
dioxide emissions from flying a plane formed in 1945 so that its member
energy grid: a transmission system countries could work together and
for electricity; power providers and cooperate better
consumers connected into one network US Congress: a group of lawmakers
by power lines in the US government, made up of the
Senate and the House of Representatives
viral: spread very quickly to many
people, usually via the internet
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