Match the words 1-6 with a-f to make definitions.

1. carbon dioxide
2. greenhouse gases
3. fossil fuels
4. global warming
5. greenhouse effect
6. climate change

a) Increase in the temperature of the atmosphere above the Earth and oceans in recent decades and its
continuation.

b) The change in the Earth's global climate or in regional climates over time.

c) One of the gases in our atmosphere composed of two oxygen atoms and a single carbon atom.

d) The components of the atmosphere that cause the greenhouse effect.

e) Coal, oil and natural gas - non-renewable sources of energy. Formed from plants and animals that lived up to
300 million years ago.

f) The natural process by which the atmosphere traps some of the Sun's energy, warming the Earth enough to
support life.

a……………..... b……………….. c……………... d……………….. e…………………. f...................

Match the words 1-6 with a-f to make definitions.

1. carbon dioxide
2. greenhouse gases
3. fossil fuels
4. global warming
5. greenhouse effect
6. climate change

a) Increase in the temperature of the atmosphere above the Earth and oceans in recent decades and its
continuation.

b) The change in the Earth's global climate or in regional climates over time.

c) One of the gases in our atmosphere composed of two oxygen atoms and a single carbon atom.

d) The components of the atmosphere that cause the greenhouse effect.

e) Coal, oil and natural gas - non-renewable sources of energy. Formed from plants and animals that lived up to
300 million years ago.

f) The natural process by which the atmosphere traps some of the Sun's energy, warming the Earth enough to
support life.

a……………..... b……………….. c……………... d……………….. e…………………. f...................