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. global
________________
warming happens when the earth’s temperature
begins to rise.

3. Too much sudden rainfall can cause ________________s

flood
along rivers.

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

rise in ________________.
sea level

5. Many animals are becoming ________________.

extinct

6. Carbon dioxide is a ______________

greenhouse gas 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 ________________
pollution
cut back n., v.
8. Coal, oil and gas are all examples of ________________s.
fossil fuel
D desertification n.
9. Perhaps it is time for us to ________________
cut back 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
melt at an alarming rate.
forest fire n.
11. Droughts can cause _______________s
orest fire 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 ________________.
climate crisis
greenhouse
gas n. 13. A lack of water in some countries is causing deserts to
become larger. This is known as ________________.
desertification
I ice age n.
14. An ________________
ice age 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.
adapt
S sea level n.

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