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    Enviromental Problem Guia Estudiantes

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    The document discusses several key environmental problems: 1. Global warming is occurring as the average surface temperature of Earth is slowly increasing. 2. Deforestation is the clearing or cutting down of forests by humans, removing forests from the planet. Forests help control global warming and provide environmental benefits. 3. Pollution contaminates the environment with waste, chemicals, and other harmful substances. This damages ecosystems and harms human health. The document examines these issues and potential solutions like alternative energy sources and recycling to reduce environmental impacts. Students complete related activities to understand key terms and environmental challenges.

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    The document discusses several key environmental problems: 1. Global warming is occurring as the average surface temperature of Earth is slowly increasing. 2. Deforestation is the clearing or cutting down of forests by humans, removing forests from the planet. Forests help control global warming and provide environmental benefits. 3. Pollution contaminates the environment with waste, chemicals, and other harmful substances. This damages ecosystems and harms human health. The document examines these issues and potential solutions like alternative energy sources and recycling to reduce environmental impacts. Students complete related activities to understand key terms and environmental challenges.

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    The document discusses several key environmental problems: 1. Global warming is occurring as the average surface temperature of Earth is slowly increasing. 2. Deforestation is the clearing or cutting down of forests by humans, removing forests from the planet. Forests help control global warming and provide environmental benefits. 3. Pollution contaminates the environment with waste, chemicals, and other harmful substances. This damages ecosystems and harms human health. The document examines these issues and potential solutions like alternative energy sources and recycling to reduce environmental impacts. Students complete related activities to understand key terms and environmental challenges.

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    Enviromental Problem Guia Estudiantes

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    Angela Andrea Perez Roa
    The document discusses several key environmental problems: 1. Global warming is occurring as the average surface temperature of Earth is slowly increasing. 2. Deforestation is the clearing or cutting down of forests by humans, removing forests from the planet. Forests help control global warming and provide environmental benefits. 3. Pollution contaminates the environment with waste, chemicals, and other harmful substances. This damages ecosystems and harms human health. The document examines these issues and potential solutions like alternative energy sources and recycling to reduce environmental impacts. Students complete related activities to understand key terms and environmental challenges.

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    ENVIROMENTAL PROBLEMS

    Name: _________________________________________________________________ Date: __________ Grade: __________

    Activities:

    1. Correlate the meaning with the words

    a. The average surface temperature on Earth is slowly


    increasing.

    b. It happens when the environment is contaminated,


    or dirtied, by waste, chemicals, and other harmful
    substances.

    c. An atmospheric layer at heights of about 20 to 30


    miles (32 to 48 kilometers) that is normally
    characterized by high ozone content which blocks
    most solar ultraviolet radiation from entry into the
    lower atmosphere

    d. It is the clearing, or cutting down, of forests. The


    word is normally used to describe the actions of
    humans in removing forests from the planet, rather
    than destruction caused by such natural events as
    hurricanes.
    e. It is a way to reduce the amount of garbage that is
    thrown away.

    f. It is one that uses more than one means of


    propulsion - that means combining a petrol or diesel 2. Answer: Why are the words divided into two groups –
    engine with an electric motor.
    those in squares and those in diamonds?
    g. It is energy sources other than fossil fuels, including
    renewable sources and nuclear energy.

    Adapted from: www.teachingenglish.org.uk


    ENVIROMENTAL PROBLEMS

    3. Take notes about the reading. Write the most important information.

    Topics /Questions Is it an environmental What is the main idea of the text ?


    problem or a solution?

    Global warming

    The Ozone Layer

    Deforestation

    Pollution

    Alternative Energy

    Recycling

    Adapted from: www.teachingenglish.org.uk


    ENVIROMENTAL PROBLEMS

    QUIZ

    Name: _______________________________________ Date: __________ Grade: __________

    1. What are CFCs? 6. What is the Ozone Layer? What does it do?
    a. Clorofluorocarbons
    a. It is a layer of gas high above the surface of
    b. Cloroaerosols
    c. Cloroholes the earth that helps to protect it from the sun’s
    ultraviolet radiation.
    2. How do they affect the environment?
    a. Can damage the refrigerators b. It is a layer of gas low the surface of the earth
    b. Can affect the companies that make
    that damage it and destroy the plants with the
    aerosols
    c. Can damage our skins and cause sun’s ultraviolet.
    cancer
    c. It is a layer of gas.
    3. Why are forests good for the environment?
    a. Because they help to control CFCs 7. What is a hybrid car? How does it help the
    b. Because they help to control global warming environment?
    c. Because they produce pollution ________________________________________
    ________________________________________
    4. What is happening to the forest? ________________________________________
    a. They are growing up
    b. They have been destroyed 8. What is recycling? How does it help the
    c. They have been used to build tropical rains environment?
    _______________________________________
    5. What alternative forms of energy do you know? _______________________________________
    _______________________________________
    Mention 2
    _______________________________________
    _______________________________________
    _______________________________________

    Adapted from: www.teachingenglish.org.uk


    ENVIROMENTAL PROBLEMS

    Colombian Environmental Problems

    1. Search information about a Colombian environmental problem/issue, write it in your notebook (Busca información sobre un
    problema ambiental colombiano, escribela en el cuaderno )

    a. Description of the problem


    b. Predictions (What’ll happen in the future)
    c. Solutions

    Adapted from: www.teachingenglish.org.uk

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