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year 6 - unit 12: global warming
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Climate change Read this passage about global warming. Complete the blanks with the correct words that can be found in the word search puzzle. CLIMATE change affects the Earth. These changes can be in the form of ______(1)______, wind, humidity and many more. The heat from the ______(2)______ affects climate change on Earth. The way the oceans on Earth flow too can affect our planet’s ______(3)______. In nature, a volcano’s ______(4)______ or a big forest ______(5)______ give off unhealthy ______(6)______ that we don’t want to breathe in. Human activities too play a role. For example, burning fuel like ______(7)______ or coal affects Earth’s climate. They enter Earth’s ______(8)______. Other human activities like cutting forests, building cities and homes over grasslands too effect our environment. This is when too much carbon dioxide is introduced into the air. This can cause global warming. Global warming refers to a warming in Earth’s temperature that happens on our planet. This warming creates a greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect traps heat and causes Earth’s temperatures to rise. This, in turn, causes ice caps to ______(9)______. Melting ice caps cause sea levels to rise. Because of this, Earth’s ______(10)______ or scenery changes. This will affect you and me and all living creatures on this planet.
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Answers: 1. temperature 3. climate 5. fire 7. petrol 9. melt
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