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Climate Change: A C D E F

1. The document distinguishes between weather, which refers to short term conditions in the atmosphere, and climate, which describes long term patterns over periods of decades or longer. 2. It provides a worksheet with 15 sentences to complete using vocabulary words related to climate change such as "greenhouse gas", "fossil fuel", "sea level", and "adapt". 3. The completed worksheet examines issues caused by climate change like rising sea levels, species becoming extinct, melting ice caps, and the need for societies to adapt to a changing world.

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Climate Change: A C D E F

1. The document distinguishes between weather, which refers to short term conditions in the atmosphere, and climate, which describes long term patterns over periods of decades or longer. 2. It provides a worksheet with 15 sentences to complete using vocabulary words related to climate change such as "greenhouse gas", "fossil fuel", "sea level", and "adapt". 3. The completed worksheet examines issues caused by climate change like rising sea levels, species becoming extinct, melting ice caps, and the need for societies to adapt to a changing world.

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N A M E : ________________________________ DATE: ____________________

CLIMATE CHANGE
Question: What is the difference between weather and climate?
⚫ Complete the 15 sentences with the words on the left.

1. A ______________ is a long period of time without rainfall.

2. ________________ happens when the earth’s temperature


begins to rise.

3. Too much sudden rainfall can cause ________________s


along rivers.

4. Island nations (such as Kiribati) are very concerned about a


rise in ________________.

5. Many animals are becoming ________________.

6. Carbon dioxide is a ______________ that is responsible


A adapt v.
for much of the change in climate.
C climate crisis n.
7. Cars and factories produce a lot of air ________________
cut back n., v.
8. Coal, oil and gas are all examples of ________________s.
D desertification n.
9. Perhaps it is time for us to ________________ on things
drought n.
such as fossil fuels, plastics and meat.
E extinct adj.
10. The ice caps at the North and South Poles are
F flood n., v.
________________ing at an alarming rate.
forest fire n.
11. Droughts can cause _______________s which may also
fossil fuel n. burn down homes and create lots of smoke.

G global
12. Climate change is widely considered to be an urgent
warming n.
problem facing us all. It is a ________________.
greenhouse
gas n. 13. A lack of water in some countries is causing deserts to
become larger. This is known as ________________.
I ice age n.
14. An ________________ is the opposite of global warming.
M melt v.
pollution n. 15. Countries, people and animals must quickly learn to
P ________________ to a changing world.
S sea level n.

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WORD BANK Climate Change
Aim Supplementary vocabulary building
Level Intermediate
Time Approximately 15 – 20 minutes

ANSWER KEY My Notes

1. drought
2. global warming
3. flood
4. sea level*
5. extinct
6. greenhouse gas
7. pollution
8. fossil fuel
9. cut back
10. melt
11. forest fire
12. climate crisis
13. desertification
14. ice age
15. adapt

*Note (Sentence 4): Kiribati is a small island nation located in the South Pacific.
Its population of about 120,000 people are under threat from a rising sea level
which scientists predict will submerge their country in about 70 to 100 years.

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