Protecting our world - Activity A

Protecting our world

Aural comprehension.

Remember to upload all your answers in a Word document.

1. Before watching the video, answer the following:

 How important do you think global warming is? Why?

 Do you think your carbon footprint is big or small? Why?

I think global warming is really important because it can make the weather go
crazy and hurt animals and plants. My carbon footprint is probably not too big
because I try to turn off lights and stuff when I'm not using them, and I don't
drive a car a lot.

2. Watch the video.

(The video you are about to watch belongs to a collection created by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. For more about EPA:
http://www.epa.gov/)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2015). Climate Change

Basics (OLD) [ Video]. Click here

3. After watching the video, choose the correct answer:

According to the speaker, greenhouse gases are produced by ...

a. heat from the sun
b. the sun's rays, an also the action of people.
c. the actions of people

Which of these predictions about climate change does the video make?
a. If the planet gets warmer, then fuel will become less expensive.
b. If the planet gets warmer, then we can expect more floods.
c. If the planet gets warmer, then polar bears will become extinct.

Which is a clean source of energy?

a. oil
b. gas
c. wind power
Which of these things can help reduce levels of carbon dioxide?
a. driving to work
b. heating with coal instead of gas
c. using public transport
4. Match the topics with the right information from the video.
1. The greenhouse effect.
2. The causes of modern-day
climate change.
3. Signs that the climate is
already changing.
4. How climate change affects
the environment and human
beings.
5. How individuals and society
can help reduce the effects of
climate change.
5. What do you do to help reduce the effects of climate change?
a. If we generate electricity from clean
sources use public transportation, reduce
your energy use, we can put less carbon
dioxide into the atmosphere.
b. Temperatures and the oceans are rising,
giant ice sheets are melting, flowers are
blooming earlier, snow is melting sooner,
and birds aren't flying as far south for the
winter.
c. Greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide trap
the sun heat and that keeps the planet warm
enough for us to live.
d. Burning fossil fuels to do many of our
everyday activities is trapping more heat in
the atmosphere, making the Earth warmer.
e. If the planet keeps getting warmer, there
will more powerful storms, more flooding,
droughts, and heat waves and this could put
entire ecosystems in danger.
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I try to use less energy by turning off lights when I'm not using them and
unplugging things I'm not using, like my phone charger. I also try to walk or
ride my bike instead of asking for a ride in a car, and I recycle my cans and
bottles.

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