and Global An increase in temperature may cause health Warming problems in humans, for example breathing problems like asthma, and diseases8. Insects, such as mosquitoes can As you probably1 know already, the carry9 diseases, and infect humans and Earth is heated by the sun's energy, and animals when they feed on them. The without the sun, life as we know it would not exist. number and range of disease carrying However, it is not just the sun that keeps the Earth insects may increase as the temperature warm. Have you ever walked into a greenhouse 2, increases. and noticed how hot the air is? This is because the energy from the sun comes through the glass of the greenhouse, heating the air inside. This hot air is then trapped as it cannot escape through the What to do… 1. Answer the following questions in your book! panels of glass. This is pretty much how the Earth is kept warm. 1) What keeps the Earth warm? 2) What is the greenhouse effect In the air around us, there are many different gases, including oxygen (which we take from the air we breathe in) and carbon dioxide (which we breathe 3) What two elements are most responsible for out). Some of these gases trap3 the heat from the causing the greenhouse effect? sun, much like the glass in a greenhouse, and hold it against the Earth's surface4 much like the air in 4) Why is the greenhouse effect a bad thing? the greenhouse. These gases are called "greenhouse gases " and this is how the 5) What changes are likely to happen to plants "greenhouse effect " got its name. and animals if the temperatures get hotter? So why is the greenhouse effect a bad thing? As the Earth is now, the greenhouse effect is not a 6) What changes are likely to happen to the sea bad thing, and it helps to keep us alive. However, levels as the greenhouse effect gets worse? the way in which we are living today, means that a lot more of the gases that trap the sun's energy are 7) What problems is the greenhouse effect likely being made. In a few years time, this may mean to cause to the health of humans? that more hot air will be trapped by this extra gas, which means that the temperature of the Earth will 2. Choose 10 new words, copy them into your increase. This is called the "enhanced5 greenhouse book! effect ". If the temperature increases6 too much, many changes will happen to the Earth and to the 3. Put the following sentences in the correct creatures living on the Earth. order!
The effects of global warming
Firstly, some animals and plants that do not This is called “Enhanced Greenhouse effect”. like high temperatures may find that the area that they live in starts to get hotter. These animals move to another, cooler An increase in temperature will change many
environment, or they die. Then other things on the Earth.
animals and plants that rely on each other to survive have to move as well. The way we are living produces extra greenhouse gases which means that more hot Another problem is that when the temperature of the Earth air will be trapped. increases, glaciers7 and the polar icecaps (huge blocks of Earth is heated by the sun’s energy. ice and snow at the North and South Poles) start to melt. As they melt, Natural gases called “Greenhouse gases” trap the sea and ocean levels rise, and some the heat from the sun. areas of land get completely covered by water, flooding coastal areas like the 4. Order the sentences, copy them into your book! 1 wahrscheinlich 2 and plants Some higher temperatures. animals do Glashaus 3 einfangen not like 4 Oberfläche environment another die animals These move to or. 5 Angreichert, verstärkt 6 8 ansteigen Krankheiten 7 9 Gletscher übertragen of land get completely covered by areas water Some. diseases carry Insects can and new humans or animals infect.
4. Future Tense: Form 10 sentences, write
them in your book! e.g. Animals will die. It will get hotter. …
5. Write a short summary about Greenhouse
Effect and Global Warming. ( 5 sentences) Solution
1- Earth is heated by the sun’s energy.
2- Natural gases called “Greenhouse gases” trap the heat from the sun.
3- The way we are living produces extra
greenhouse gases which means that more hot air will be trapped.