Global Warming Reading

Read WARMING WATER. Answer the question below.

Which of the following is the role of oceans?

• drinking and for sustaining crops
• maintain global temperatures while transporting nutrients and supporting marine ecosystems
• form the foundations of our communities and economies
• liquid, solid or gas

Read WARMING WATER. Answer the question below.

Choose the word that has the closest meaning to 'vital' in the passage.

• strong
• found
• important
• needed

Read WARMING WATER. 

Which statement is false?

• Seas cover 71 percent of the earth
• Organisms are endangered because of the changes in the sea water
• Sea level shifts poses risk to human life.
• The more the ice melts, the more freshwater will there be.

Read WARMING WATER. 

Choose the word with the closest meaning to 'dwindles' in the passage.

• falls
• reduces slowly
• reduces quickly
• increases

Read Crop Changes. 

Which statement is true?

• Climate change is bad for all crops.
• Farmers who do not change will do well.
• The crop which has the least expected change from 2000 to 2050 is Wheat.
• Farmers should grow more corn.

Read Crop Changes. 

Choose the most suitable word for 'adapt' in the passage.

• change
• adjust
• handle
• be different

Read High Heat.

How will humans adapt to increasing temperatures by 2100? 

Choose the answer that is incorrect.

• More farmers will switch to raising heat-tolerant livestock
• Humans will use more air conditioning.
• Humans will have to find ways to turn down the heat.
• Yield of crops like soybeans will increase.

Read Wild weather.

What is the effects of extreme weather phenomena?

• torrential hurricanes, devastating droughts, crippling ice storms, and raging heat waves
• claim lives and cause untold damage
• causing longer droughts and higher temperatures in some regions and more intense deluges in others
• strengthening warning, shelter, and protection systems

Read Wild weather.

Which of the following statements is not stated in the passage/table?

• Hurricane Sandy hit New York City at high tide, making the water 14 feet higher than normal 
• Meteorological records show a rise in weather-related disasters since 1980
• Climate change cannot be blamed for all weather changes
• There are four major hurricanes from 1980 to 2014 only.

Read Health Risks.

How will climate change bad for your health?
Choose the INCORRECT statement.

• Rising sea levels can threaten freshwater supplies for people living in low-lying areas
• Increase in mental health issues
• Increase in mosquitoes
• Undernutrition due to crop declines