Jupiter, which has 318 times the mass of earth, is the most........planet in the solar system.

Changes in solar ...........can lead to temperature changes on earth.

CO2 levels an temperatures ...........over time, but in the last 100 years, there has been a steady increase in both.

In 2013, the.......of CO2 in the atmosphere passed 400 parts per million, the highest level in recorded history.

Plants consist of three main types of...........that together make up their roots, stems, leaves and flowers.

Climate.......help scientists to understand and predict climate change.

When the Tambora volcano in Indonesia erupted in 1815, it killed about 90,000 people and..........sunlight, turning summer into winter across the Northern Hemisphere.

Scientists predict that the warming of the planet will continue and is likely to.............in years to come.

As global temperatures are increasing, our oceans are...........

The UN estimates that since 2008, climate or weather-related events have caused the.............of more than 20 million people.

As temperatures rise, causing permafrost to............, carbon dioxide and methane from animal and plant decay are released into the atmosphere.

Many small Alaskan villages need to.........to higher ground but don't have the money or resources to do so.

Heat is the transfer of ............energy from one object to another, for example, from a stove to a pot of water.

About 97 percent of Earth's water is in the ocean. The oceans contain a total........of more than 300 million cubic miles of water.

The Bramble Cay melomys had lived on a low-lying island of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia until rising sea levels made this region ..........for the small mouse-like animal, and in 2009 it became extinct.

Learning about past periods of climate change is............today, as history has much to teach us about current and future changes in climate.

..........is greatest in the Southern Hemisphere. Overall, tropical rainforests are thought to contain 50-90 percent of all species.

Many scientists believe that 250 million years ago, volcanic eruptions in Siberia were so..........that they produced as much as 2.7 million square miles of lava, destroying most life on earth.

Climate change has had........effects on the orange-spotted tilefish, which is highly sensitive to temperature change. For example, it died off in Japan during a period of warmer ocean temperatures in 1988.

Whales and dolphins are marine..........that give birth underwater.

Scientists are not certain what caused the............of the dinosaurs, but they do know that a huge die-off took place 65 million years ago.

The black rhinoceros population has suffered a serious .........decreasing by 96 percent between 1972 and 1996.

A potential........effect of global warming is the spread of infectious diseases. As temperatures increase, insects that carry diseases such as malaria could spread into new regions, infecting greater numbers of people.

Global warming can..........extreme weather of all kinds, including hurricanes and snowstorms.

The Artic fox is another animal that is.........to extinction due to Artic habitual loss.

Increased temperatures lead to increased........of water and drier conditions.

Once clouds become..........and can hold no more water, they release the water as precipitation.

The world's oceans have a huge.........to absorb heat.

Hurricanes are expected to become stronger and more intense as global temperatures increase, which will only..........the damage done to coastal areas already affected by rising sea levels.