New Activity
Play Fill in the Blanks Game
1 . Since ____________________ the global temperature has risen by about one - and - a - half degrees F .
2 . Global warming is a change in the worlds ____________________ , or the pattern of weather over ____________________ periods .
3 . Global warming is caused by ____________________ ____________________ . These gases are really effective at absorbing and redirecting ____________________ .
4 . Some examples of greenhouse gases are ____________________ ____________________ , ____________________ and even water vapor .
5 . The trapping of heat due to ____________________ ____________________ is called the greenhouse effect .
6 . Without greenhouse gases our planet would ____________________ .
7 . Burning ____________________ ____________________ releases huge amounts of carbon dioxide .
8 . Carbon Dioxide is a powerful ____________________ gas .
9 . And cow digestion produces large amounts of ____________________ .
10 . Methane traps ____________________ times more heat than Carbon Dioxide .
11 . Deforestation adds to the problem because dead trees can no longer absorb ____________________ ____________________ from the atmosphere .
12 . Our oceans are absorbing most of the additional ____________________ , this destroys ____________________ ____________________ .
13 . The polar ice caps are ____________________ , and this causes sea - level to ____________________ .
14 . Warmer air means :
- Stronger ____________________ and ____________________ .
- Heavier rainfall and ____________________ .
- severe ____________________
- rainfall will dry up , and forests will turn to ____________________