Imagine Earth is wrapped in a blanket. The blanket keeps the planet warm, like how you stay cozy when you sleep under one. This is called the greenhouse effect. When we add more thick blankets, like carbon dioxide, which acts like extra layers of cloth, the planet gets warmer and warmer. That’s what happens in climate change.
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- A greenhouse is like a tiny version of Earth’s atmosphere; the glass lets sunlight in but stops the heat from escaping.
- Putting on extra layers when you're cold is like adding more carbon dioxide to the planet's blanket.
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