G11 - U5 Vocab

________ is the increase in the earth's temperature because of certain gases in the atmosphere.

• Pollution

• Global warming

• Greenhouse effect

• Climate change

As temperatures rise, polar ice caps ________ faster, adding more water to oceans.

• flow

• transport

• produce

• melt

Higher sea levels can ________ to floods.

• create

• become

• lead

• happen

The consequences of global warming become more serious, and its negative ________ on the environment and people gets stronger.

• impact

• affect

• result

• consequence

Burnt for energy, fossil ________ release large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

• wastes

• fuels

• trees

• materials

Renewable energy can be replaced naturally without being ________.

• turned into

• cut down

• thrown away

• used up

They call a black rock that is found under the ground and is burnt to produce heat ________.

• coal

• oil

• soil

• soot

Forests ________ CO2 from the atmosphere and slow global warming.

• prevent

• escape

• remove

• release

We should reduce the use of coal, which is the dirtiest fuel and biggest ________ of CO2 emissions.

• resource

• source

• origin

• base

________ deforestation is an effective solution to climate change.

• Stopped

• To stop

• Stop

• Stopping