Global Warming
I. Match the following words and definitions:
1) Global warming
2) Fossil fuels
3) Greenhouse gas
4) Greenhouse effect
5) Flood
6) Drought
a) a long period when there is little or no rain
b) an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere (= mixture of gases around the Earth), that is believed to be the cause of a gradual warming of the surface of the Earth
c) a gradual increase in world temperatures caused by gases such as carbon dioxide that are collecting in the air around the Earth and stopping heat escaping into space
d) fuels, such as gas, coal, and oil, that were formed underground from plant and animal remains millions of years ago
e) a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry
f) a gas that causes the greenhouse effect, especially carbon dioxide
II. Watch this National Geographic video on Global Warming:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJAbATJCugs]
III. Complete this text:
The greenhouse effect begins with the (1)_______________ and the energy it radiates to the earth. The earth and the (2) _________________ absorbe some of this energy while the rest is radiated back into (3) _________________. Naturally occurring gases in the atmosphere (4) ________________ some of this energy and (5) ________________ it back (6) _______________ the earth.
IV. Give 4 examples of what climate change (rising temperatures) will mean for the planet. Use your own words.
V. Click here for a Global Warming Effects Map.