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1 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
a ___A change in the Earth’s orbit can start
or finish an ice age.
b ___People can never change the Earth’s
climate.
c ___Methane and carbon dioxide are
greenhouse gases.
d ___Ice is now melting in glaciers in
different parts of the world.
e ___Monsoon rains will be shorter and less
heavy in the future.
f ___Climate change from outside the Earth
happens quickly.
g ___The sea level on Earth is already rising.
h ___Climate change is a serious problem for
polar bears.
i ___Countries like China are putting less
carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
j ___The United States agreed to the Kyoto
Protocol in 1997.
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2 When did it happen? 1883, 1958, 1992, 2003,
2006
a The first inhabited island went under the
sea in …………………
b Krakatoa erupted and began to change the
climate in …………………
c There was a serious heat wave in France in
…………………
d The United Nations had the Earth Summit
in Brazil in …………………
e Charles Keeling began to measure carbon
dioxide in the atmosphere in
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from Lake Chad in Africa.
from the seas near Mexico.
from Mount Kilimanjaro.
from the Arctic.
from Antarctica and Greenland.
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a What do we call the time when there is a
lot of ice over much of the world?
…………………
b What are the two most important gases in
our atmosphere? …………………
c What did Joseph Fourier think the Earth’s
atmosphere was like? …………………
d What will happen if the Gulf Stream slows
down? …………………
e What is the name for how much carbon a
person puts into the Earth’s
atmosphere?…………………
3 Extreme weather events. What do these
words mean? Match a number from A with
a letter from B.
A drought is when . . .
A flood is when . . .
A heat wave is when . . .
A hurricane is when . . .
A monsoon is when . . .
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The Gulf Stream brings water to Europe . . .
Scientists study long pieces of ice . . .
95 per cent of the water has now gone . . .
A piece of ice as big as Egypt has gone . . .
80 per cent of the snow has gone . . .
5 Climate change quiz. Can you answer these
questions?
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4 From which place . . . ? Match a number
from A with a letter from B.
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there is very hot weather for a long time.
there are very strong winds.
there is very heavy rain.
there is no rain for a long time.
there is too much water on the land.
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comprehension
Test
Barnaby Newbolt
Climate Change
Places
People
Choose the best answer.
Choose the best answer.
1 In 1883 the volcano of _____ changed the
Earth’s climate for more than a year.
a ■ Mauna Loa ​b ■ Stromboli ​
c ■ Vesuvius ​d ■ Krakatoa
2 _____ has a thick atmosphere and its
temperature is about 460 °C.
a ■ Mars ​b ■ Venus ​c ■ The Earth ​
d ■ The Sun
3 Charles Keeling measured carbon dioxide
levels on a mountain in _____.
a ■ Hawaii ​b ■ India ​c ■ Switzerland ​
d ■ Mexico
4 Scientists cut ice cores in _____ and measure
carbon dioxide levels from long ago.
a ■ Sweden and Norway b ■ Switzerland and
Austria ​c ■ Canada and Russia ​
d ■ Antarctica and Greenland
5 The snow and ice on Mount _____ will all
melt in the next ten years.
a ■ St Helens ​b ■ Etna ​c ■ Kilimanjaro ​
d ■ Everest
6 The Arctic has lost a piece of ice as big as the
country of _____.
a ■ Egypt ​b ■ Australia ​c ■ Greenland ​
d ■ Spain
7 There is now a lot less _____ in the Sahel
region of Africa.
a ■ wind ​b ■ oil ​c ■ coal ​d ■ rain
8 Louis Agassiz studied cuts in stones that he
found in the _____.
a ■ Andes ​b ■ Alps ​c ■ Himalayas ​
d ■ Pyrenees
9 A lot of the ice in _____ is melting and this
could change the Gulf Stream.
a ■ Greenland ​b ■ Sweden ​c ■ Russia ​
d ■ the United States
10 Lohachara in _____ was the first inhabited
island to go under the sea.
a ■ the Maldives ​b ■ China ​c ■ India ​
d ■ Bangladesh
11 _____ helped to make a film about climate
change called An Inconvenient Truth.
a ■ President Clinton ​b ■ Al Gore ​
c ■ Svante Arrhenius ​d ■ Charles Keeling
12 The words ‘greenhouse effect’ come from the
work of French scientist _____.
a ■ Joseph Fourier ​b ■ Stephen Pacal ​
c ■ Louis Agassiz ​d ■ Robert Socolow
13 Svante Arrhenius was the first person to
measure the effect of _____ on the climate.
a ■ ice ages ​b ■ volcanoes ​
c ■ carbon dioxide ​d ■ the Gulf Stream
14 In 2005 Anjali Krishnan had problems because
of _____ in Mumbai.
a ■ serious floods ​b ■ a strong hurricane ​
c ■ a long drought ​d ■ a big volcano
15 In France in August 2003 a lot of _____ people
died because of the weather.
a ■ famous ​b ■ poor ​c ■ younger ​
d ■ older
16 Louis Agassiz was the first person to think of
_____.
a ■ wind turbines ​b ■ volcanoes ​c ■ ice ages ​d ■ carbon footprints ​
17 Milutin Milankovic measured the Earth’s
_____.
a ■ ice ​b ■ climate ​c ■ temperature ​
d ■ orbit
18 Paccala and Socolow think of _____ as fifteen
small problems.
a ■ serious disease ​b ■ climate change ​
c ■ modern science ​d ■ extreme weather
19 A person in the United States has a carbon
footprint of _____ of carbon dioxide.
a ■ nineteen tonnes ​b ■ nine tonnes ​
c ■ five tonnes ​d ■ two tonnes
20 A person in India has a carbon footprint of
_____ of carbon dioxide.
a ■ five tonnes ​b ■ two tonnes ​
c ■ one tonne ​d ■ half a tonne
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MULTIPLE-CHOICE
test
Barnaby Newbolt
Climate Change
Facts
Vocabulary
Choose the best answer.
Choose the best answer.
21 For the very first time in history _____ are
changing the Earth’s climate.
a ■ animals ​b ■ people ​c ■ volcanoes ​
d ■ the sun and moon
22 The two most important gases in the
atmosphere are _____.
a ■ carbon dioxide and nitrogen ​b ■ carbon
dioxide and oxygen ​c ■ nitrogen and oxygen ​
d ■ hydrogen and oxygen
23 Greenhouse gases like _____ and methane stop
heat escaping from the Earth.
a ■ carbon dioxide ​b ■ hydrogen ​
c ■ oxygen ​d ■ nitrogen
24 The Gulf Stream brings _____ water to
Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia.
a ■ icy ​b ■ cold ​c ■ warm ​d ■ fresh
25 Scientists have studied ice cores from snow
that fell over _____ years ago.
a ■ 800 ​b ■ 8,000 ​c ■ 80,000 ​
d ■ 800,000
26 Only three per cent of the water on Earth is
_____.
a ■ warm ​b ■ frozen ​c ■ fresh ​d ■ salty
27 Lake Chad in Africa has lost _____ per cent of
its water.
a ■ five ​b ■ twenty-five ​c ■ fifty-five ​
d ■ ninety-five
28 In _____ half of the country is less than five
metres above sea level.
a ■ Bangladesh ​b ■ Australia ​c ■ Mexico ​
d ■ France
29 In the next fifty years, scientists think we will
lose thirty percent of our _____ population.
a ■ elephant ​b ■ polar bear ​c ■ seal ​
d ■ butterfly
30 For many years _____ has put the most
greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
a ■ Canada ​b ■ Brazil ​c ■ India ​
d ■ the United States
31 to become bigger or more
a ■ produce ​b ■ increase ​c ■ reduce ​
d ■ adapt
32 a large area of water with land all round it
a ■ region ​b ■ space ​c ■ river ​d ■ lake
33 when something becomes liquid when it is
warmer
a ■ melt ​b ■ freeze ​c ■ shine ​d ■ cover
34 a hard black substance from under the ground;
people burn it for heat
a ■ oil ​b ■ coal ​c ■ plant ​d ■ gas
35 a mountain with a hole in the top which hot
rocks, smoke and gas come out of
a ■ hill ​b ■ hurricane ​c ■ turbine ​
d ■ volcano
36 how hot or cold something is
a ■ energy ​b ■ atmosphere ​
c ■ temperature ​d ■ climate
37 a time of one hundred years
a ■ decade ​b ■ category ​c ■ century ​
d ■ millennium,
38 to chase animals and kill them for food
a ■ hunt ​b ■ heat ​c ■ feed ​d ■ limit
39 to become hard and turn to ice because of the
cold
a ■ melt ​b ■ freeze ​c ■ heat ​d ■ snow
40 a person who keeps animals or grows plants
for food
a ■ scientist ​b ■ planter ​c ■ farmer ​
d ■ keeper
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Climate Change
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Events
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41 About 20,000 years ago _____ began.
a ■ an ice age ​b ■ a heat wave ​c ■ the Gulf Stream ​d ■ a drought
42 Between 1300 and 1850 the climate of Europe
was much _____ than today.
a ■ drier ​b ■ wetter ​c ■ hotter ​
d ■ colder
43 Charles Keeling began to measure carbon
dioxide in the atmosphere in _____.
a ■ 1858 ​b ■ 1908 ​c ■ 1958 ​d ■ 2008
44 In France in 2003 there was a terrible _____.
a ■ monsoon ​b ■ drought ​c ■ hurricane ​
d ■ heat wave
45 In 2005 Hurricane Katrina killed 1,800 people
in _____.
a ■ New Orleans ​b ■ New Mexico ​
c ■ New York ​d ■ New England
46 Hurricane _____ in 2005, was the strongest
hurricane of them all.
a ■ Catarina ​b ■ Wilma ​c ■ Kristina ​
d ■ George
47 In _____ the United Nations agreed to begin
work on the problem of climate change with
the World Meteorological Organization.
a ■ 1950 ​b ■ 1968 ​c ■ 1975 ​d ■ 1988
48 In the twentieth century the sea level rose by
nearly _____ centimetres.
a ■ two ​b ■ six ​c ■ twenty ​d ■ ninety
49 In 1992 the UN had a meeting in Rio de
Janeiro called the _____.
a ■ Earth Summit ​b ■ Earth Protocol ​
c ■ Carbon Summit ​d ■ World Protocol
50 In 1997 there was an important meeting about
climate change in the Japanese city of _____.
a ■ Tokyo ​b ■ Kyoto ​c ■ Kobe ​
d ■ Nagasaki
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