| Atmosphere | | Substances such as gasses or particles discharged into the atmosphere |
| Climate | | Any change in climate over time whether due to natural processes or human activities |
| Climate change | | Describes the observable trend of rising world temperature over the past century especially during the last couple of decades |
| Ecological sustainability | | Fuels that come from the breakdown of organic matter for example coal, oil and natural gas. Gasses released include carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide |
| Emissions | | Where things are and why they are there |
| Enhanced greenhouse effect | | A parasitic disease that involves high fevers, shaking chills and flu like symptoms |
| Greenhouse gases | | Increased ability of the earths atmosphere to trap heat |
| Global warming | | The layer of gases which surround the earth and support life |
| Malaria | | Describes actions that meet the needs of the present population without endangering the future generations to meet their needs |
| Renewable energy sources | | The predicted weather at a particular place based on the average of weather events over many years |
| Spatial dimension | | Tithe layer of gasses in the atmosphere that trap energy emitted from the earths surface and helps support life |
| Fossil fuels | | The result of the sun heat being trapped in the atmosphere rather than reflected out to space. This causes significant increase in temperature |
| Greenhouse effect | | Energy source that an be easily replaced in a short amount of time, such as solar and wind non renewable sources include fossil fuels |