Vocabulary - Extreme Weather
When water covers land that is usually dry, often after heavy rain.
Flood/Flooding
Fuels like coal, oil, or gas that come from ancient plants and animals and are burned for energy.
Fossil Fuels
What are the 4 climate change solutions we learned about?
1. Transition to Green Energy 2. Coastal Habitat Rehabilitation 3. Food Security 4. Sustainable Transportation
These are words that connect different sentences in a paragraph
Transition words
It's raining cats and dogs
It's raining a lot.
Example: “Do not forget your umbrella before you go outside. It is raining cats and dogs!”
A large, powerful storm with strong winds and heavy rain, usually happening over the ocean.
Hurricane
The increase in the Earth’s temperature, mainly caused by pollution and greenhouse gases.
Global Warming
This solution means that everyone in the community has enough affordable, nutritious food to stay healthy and happy.
This is the first sentence(s) of your paragraph that is designed to grab the reader's attention
Hook
Under the weather
Someone is feeling sick or unwell (minor illness)
Example: “Hazel did not come into work today. She was feeling under the weather.”
A large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush.
Wildfire
Energy created by moving water, usually from a dam, to produce electricity.
Hydroelectric
This solution is designed to protect the coastal ecosystems, such as salt water marshes
Coastal Habitat Rehabilitation
To be a breeze
Something is very easy.
Example: "This exam is going to be a breeze."
Blizzard
When saltwater moves into freshwater areas, often caused by rising sea levels.
Salt Water Intrusion
Name three types of green energy
(Solar Energy, Wind Power, Hydroelectricity, Geothermal, etc.)
What are the four parts of a paragraph?
1. Hook
2. Topic Sentence
3. Body
4. Concluding Sentence
The calm before the storm
A short moment of peace and quiet before something big happens.
Example: "It's going to get very busy tomorrow. Today is the calm before the storm."
A storm that was once a tropical storm but has changed in strength as it moves away from the tropics.
Post-tropical storm
The process of soil or rock being worn away by wind, water, or other forces.
Erosion
Give 5 examples of sustainable transportation
Walking, cycling, carpooling, electric vehicles, buses/public transportation
What part of a paragraph is OPTIONAL (not always needed)
Indent
Take a rain check
To postpone something, move it to a different time/day.
Example: "Can we take a rain check on our cinema date? I have too much homework."