Friday September 20th 2019 Climate Change Protests

The Climate Change Strike took place on Friday, September 20th, 2019 across the globe to protest those that do not believe in climate change.  What is climate change you may ask?  Climate change is defined as a change in the weather patterns and a drastic increase and decrease in temperatures.  This is due to the fact that the Earth’s temperatures are rising because there is a hole burning through the ozone layer, and therefore, making the Earth hotter.  The Polar Ice Caps are melting at an alarming rate.  This is causing the sea levels to rise, causing coastal flooding.  It is also causing the water temperatures to increase, which is perfect for storms to form in, creating larger natural disasters, such as hurricanes.  Another name for all of these events that are occurring is Global Warming.  If you live on the coast of Long Island, or on the West Coast of California, Global Warming is impacting you every day.  This is all caused by humans abusing natural resources in order to live or make a profit.  Cutting down trees, known as deforestation, for wood or more land for the growing population is taking oxygen out of the air and producing more carbon dioxide in the air, which is harmful to humans.  Some countries and their leaders around the world do not believe in climate change, which is a part of the problem.

Vocabulary Definitions:
Climate Change (noun) - a change in global or regional climate patterns and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels
Strike/Protest (noun) - a refusal or protest organized in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from their employer
Ozone layer (noun) -a region of Earth's stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun's ultraviolet radiation
Polar Ice Caps (noun) - a high-latitude region of a planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite that is covered in ice
Alarming (adjective) - worrying or disturbing
Hurricanes (noun) - a storm with a violent wind, in particular, a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean
Global Warming (noun) - a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide
Natural resources (noun) - materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occurs in nature and can be used for economic gain that is not renewable
Deforestation (noun) - the action of clearing a wide area of trees for personal gain
Carbon Dioxide (noun) - a colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration. It is naturally present in air and is absorbed by plants in photosynthesis.

Vocabulary Exercise: Matching


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1.      Carbon Dioxide    
a.       A gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of

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2.      Deforestation       
b.      A high-latitude region of a planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite that is covered in ice

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3.      Natural Resources   
c.       Worrying or disturbing

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4.      Global Warming
d.      The action of clearing a wide area of trees for personal gain

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5.      Hurricanes
e.       A high latitude region of a planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite that is covered in ice


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6.      Alarming
f.       a refusal or protest organized in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from their employer

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7.      Polar Ice Caps
g.      a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean



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8.      Ozone Layer
h.      a colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration. It is naturally present in air and is absorbed by plants in photosynthesis


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9.      Strike/Protest
i.        materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain that are not renewable

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10.  Climate Change
j.        a region of Earth's stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun's ultraviolet radiation

Grammar Point:
Some of this text is written in the future tense, because we are predicting what will be happening in the future (future tense).  Some of these words that are written in the past tense are: took,  Some of these words that are written in the future tense are: rising, melting, causing, creating, breaking, impacting.

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