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From the Ted Talk by Kristen Bell + Giant Ant: Why is the world warming up?

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Why is the world warming up? Let's think of eatrh for just a moment as a greoeunshe. Every second, a huge anmuot of energy smashes into our greenhouse. Our amseohprte, the glass roof and walls, rteflecs some of that energy, but most of it passes right through and heats everything up. Much of that heat used to escape back into space, kinpeeg us at a stable, warm temperature.

But then something changed. Humans began to spew enough carbon dioxide to fill billions of gehnoeresus each day. What does all that greenhouse gas do? It makes the glass of our greenhouse thicker. Thicker glass means heat escapes into space much more slowly. And don't forget, energy from the sun is still streaming in just as quickly as before.

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Why is the world warming up? Let's think of _____ for just a moment as a __________. Every second, a huge ______ of energy smashes into our greenhouse. Our __________, the glass roof and walls, ________ some of that energy, but most of it passes right through and heats everything up. Much of that heat used to escape back into space, _______ us at a stable, warm temperature.

But then something changed. Humans began to spew enough carbon dioxide to fill billions of ___________ each day. What does all that greenhouse gas do? It makes the glass of our greenhouse thicker. Thicker glass means heat escapes into space much more slowly. And don't forget, energy from the sun is still streaming in just as quickly as before.

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  1. greenhouse
  2. greenhouses
  3. earth
  4. reflects
  5. keeping
  6. amount
  7. atmosphere

Original Text


Why is the world warming up? Let's think of Earth for just a moment as a greenhouse. Every second, a huge amount of energy smashes into our greenhouse. Our atmosphere, the glass roof and walls, reflects some of that energy, but most of it passes right through and heats everything up. Much of that heat used to escape back into space, keeping us at a stable, warm temperature.

But then something changed. Humans began to spew enough carbon dioxide to fill billions of greenhouses each day. What does all that greenhouse gas do? It makes the glass of our greenhouse thicker. Thicker glass means heat escapes into space much more slowly. And don't forget, energy from the sun is still streaming in just as quickly as before.

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