A&B Unit 3 Input 4: HOW MUCH ENERGY? Word Formation

After the 1950s, the processed food industry started growing and in order to keep consumers buying, the price of products had to be ___________. (reason)

The authorities suggested that the public should avoid exposure to the sun at the weekend, when temperatures in the region are forecast to _________. ( soaring)

Nations invented and then built the enormous infrastructure needed to _______, process, and transport oil, gas, and electricity. (extraction)

Since 1990, 1.1 billion people have escaped from extreme poverty, with more than 140 million entering the ________ middle class every year. (burgeon)

The ________ size of energy use is the main reason that meaningful change in the global energy system is gruelling. (astound)

Lifting people from extreme poverty to stable __________ actually costs relatively little energy. (subsist)

Economic security for all, beyond basic poverty __________, will come at a steep price in energy. (alleviate)

City _________ tend to have higher incomes, so they consume more energy on average than their rural counterparts. (dwell)

We should not forget the fact that the number of people who _________________ the cities is unlikely to drop anytime soon. (inhabitant)

Even as the number of humans gradually levels off and perhaps begins to slowly _______ late in the century, more people will be living alone or in small households. (dwindling)