The heating up of earth!
Activities
E. Put a tick (√) mark beside the right answer.
1. the Arctic Ocean is covered with_______________.
b. ice
c. water
2.NSIDC stands for __________.
b. National Sales and Income Data Center
c. National Sales and Import Data Center
3. Parts of the Arctic become a giant ______________ during spring.
b. plate
c. slushee
4. More melting means the ocean gets _________________.
b. warmer
c. narrower
5.The word “Meteorologist” mean____________________.
b. September
c. July
B. Write “T” for true and “F” for false beside the statements below.
1. The earth’s temperature is increasing steadily.
2. The earth is not as hot as it was in the past.
3. The scientists began measuring the earth’s temperature 650 years ago.
4. Present climate changes are caused by human activities.
5. Delegates from around the world discussed how to fight global warming.
C. “Most scientists agree this period is different.”- What does this statement mean? Discuss in pairs why this period of climate change is different.
F. Match the phrases in the left column with those in the right column.
Column A
Column B
1. shrunk to an all-
a. a faster rate
2. the ice could disappear
b. time low record
3. large parts of it can't survive
c. sun's heat
4. Environmentalists blame this
d. the melt season
5. less ice to reflect the
e. altogether
6. ice cover was fairly consistent
f. with 2007 levels
7. it started disappearing at
g. on global warming