VOCABULARY
CONTENT
Writing Style
100
Our food supply depends on climate and weather conditions.
Accurate/Concise Words
100
Visuals
100
Sea level rise can also lead to coastal erosion and high-tide flooding.
Passive voice
200
Teaching about climate change can be a daunting challenge, but it is a critical field for students to learn about, as it affects many parts of society.
Hedging
200
The Essential Principles of Climate Literacy, developed by NOAA and other federal partners, are standards that create a framework for teaching climate.
Texts
200
Some invasive or nuisance species, like lionfish and ticks, may thrive in even more places because of climate change.
Subject-verb interruption
300
Levels of the two most important anthropogenic greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, and methane, continued their unrelenting rise in 2020 despite the economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic response.
Field-Specific Terminologies
300
Visuals
300
Dry conditions lead to more wildfires, which bring many health risks.
Multiple clause sentence
400
Some communities are projected to possibly end up at or below sea level by 2100 and will face decisions around managed retreat and climate adaptation.
Nominalization
400
Human farm workers can suffer from heat-related health issues, like exhaustion, heatstroke, and heart attacks.
Texts
400
The area covered by sea ice in the Arctic at the end of summer has shrunk by about 40% since 1979.
Use of particular tense for a specific section of a tense