Describing Trends

The population in China is predicted to ___________ from 2030 to 2050

• rapidly decrease

• rapidly increase

• stay the same

• gradually decrease

On the other hand, India will see a _______ in population from 2030 to 2050.

• shrink

• steadily increase

• steadily decrease

• skyrocketing increase

However, in 2030, the population for India and China is predicted to

The average temperature has a sharp increase from ________.

• February to March

• October to November

• January to April

• February to April

From January to August the average rainfall ________.

• skyrockets

• increases gradually

• plummets

• steadily increases

From August to December the average rainfall ________ while the average temperature _______.