dilluns, 15 de juny del 2009

GLOBAL WARNING

Activities

1. What is global warming? Global warming refers to an average increase in the Earth's temperature, which in turn causes changes in climate.
2. What is the process involved in the greenhouse effect? Scientists are sure about the greenhouse effect. They know that greenhouse gases make the Earth warmer by trapping energy in the atmosphere
3. What signs warn us about global warming? Climate change represents a change in these long-term weather patterns. They can become warmer or colder. Annual amounts of rainfall or snowfall can increase or decrease.
4. Can you quote another term for global warming? Climate is the long-term average of a region's weather events lumped together.
5. Watch the video and explain this idea: Global warming: panic or reality? Reality

THE BIG QUESTION:
What can we do to stop global warming? Suggest five ideas.

1- Go to school by bicycle! 2- Save water! 3- Recycling! 4-
Don't take the car to go to near places! 5- Go by public transport in faraway places!




NEW VOCABULARY:

recycle-reciclar
Waste-malgastar,residus
Acid Rain-pluja àcida
Greenhouse Effect-Efecte hivernacle
Climate Change-Canvi Climatic
Global Warming-Escalfament Global