vocabulary

Many animal species are in danger of extinction due to the loss of their habitat and inability to _____ to climate change.

• adapt

• lead

• add

• preserve

. Carbon dioxide is one of the primary greenhouse gases that cause _____

• deforestation

• global warming

• natural disasters

• illnesses

Ocean water also will expand if it warms, _____ further to sea level rise.

• getting

• making 

• leading

• contributing

Environmental groups want a substantial reduction in the _______ of greenhouse gases.

• removal

• emission

• intake

• effect

It’s important to raise people’s _______ of the dangers that threaten our planet today.

• information

• practice

• level

• awareness

The government must take ____ to cut vehicle emissions.

• measures

• activities    

• progress

• responsibilities

Pollution can have _____ effects on the delicately balanced ecosystem.

• catastrophic

• infectious

• unimportant

• minor

A layer of greenhouse gases – primarily water vapor, and carbon dioxide - acts as a thermal blanket for the Earth, ____ heat and warming the surface.

• making

• putting

• giving 

• absorbing

Methane is a far more active ____ than carbon dioxide, but also one which is much less abundant in the atmosphere.

• climate change

•  emission

• greenhouse gas

• greenhouse effect

All of the disasters resulted from ____ will continue to have a devastating effect on socio-economic development.

• ecological balance

• carbon footprint  

• floods

• climate change