Environmental issues
In … they also often use genetically
modified animals and plants to increase
the amount of food they produce.
Which issue may complete the statement?
intensive farming
... is a naturally occurring, colorless, odorless gas in the Earth's atmosphere, consisting of one carbon atom covalently bonded to two oxygen atoms.
Carbon dioxide
able to quickly recover or bounce back from tough situations, challenges, or damage.
Resilient
a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
Drought
Each of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours, resulting from the earth's changing position with regard to the sun.
Seasons
The land under our feet can be destroyed
by …, but also by mining.
Which issue may complete the statement?
Erosion
the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object, especially as expressed according to a comparative scale and shown by a thermometer or perceived by touch.
Temperature
a form of precipitation, which is any form of water that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, such as rain, snow, or hail
Rainfall
reaching a high or the highest degree; very great.
Extreme
A region that receives extremely low amounts of precipitation, typically less than 10 inches (250 mm) of rain annually, leading to arid conditions where evaporation often exceeds rainfall
Desert
… are natural events, but they also
create large amounts of smoke, which
has an effect on air pollution.
Which issue may complete the statement?
Forest fires
the natural process where certain gases in Earth's atmosphere trap heat from the sun, warming the planet and making it habitable
Greenhouse effect
a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.
Glaciers
Make or become warm.
Warming
Is a molecule made of three oxygen atoms that acts as Earth's natural sunblock in the stratosphere, protecting life from harmful UV radiation, but is also a harmful air pollutant near the ground where we live.
Ozone
During a …, there is sometimes not
enough water for food which can lead to
famine in extreme cases.
Which issue might complete the statement?
Drought
the fact or process of a species, family, or other group of animals or plants becoming extinct.
Extinction
a change which is a result or consequence of an action or other cause.
effect
Make (someone or something) different; alter or modify.
Change
An overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits, especially over what is normally dry land.
Flood
… happens because people simply throw
waste away without recycling it in an
appropriate place.
Which issue might complete the statement?
Land and water contamination
the production and discharge of something, especially gas or radiation.
Emissions
the average weather conditions in a particular location over a long period of time, such as decades or longer
climate
A general direction in which something is developing or changing.
Trends
Relating to or determined by the sun.
solar