INTERMEDIATE VIDEO ON CLIMATE CHANGE UNIT 9 : ENVIRONMENT

Watch a video about the History of Climate Change and fill in the gaps with the
words you hear.

1) By climate change we mean the changes we ourselves have…………………

2) It has always been changing because of

a) collision of a ……………………………………..

b)or a ……………….……..more graduate change

c) the amount of ………………………...the Earth …………….from the sun.

3) Dramatic sun changes caused big shifts in our …………………………………….

4) When dinosaurs inhabited the Earth, it was ………………………………….than

now.

5) 17 million years later, the planet was…………………………………..because it

was locked in a cycle of successive …………………ages.

6) 160.000 years ago, global………………………were only 4 ………………….lower

than today.

7) This sea increase and the earth´s climate has been driven primarily by
the sun´s ………..and the Earth´s relative…………… , long before mankind
ever ………………...
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INTERMEDIATE 1 VIDEO ON CLIMATE CHANGE UNIT : ENVIRONMENT

Watch a video about the History of Climate Change and fill in the gaps with the
words you hear.

1) By climate change we mean the changes we ourselves have CAUSED

2) It has always been changing because of

a) collision of a ………METEORITE……………..

b)or a ……………….…SLOWER…..more graduate change

c) the amount of ………ENERGY…...the Earth RECEIVESfrom the sun.

3) Sun changes caused dramatic shifts in our ……CLIMATE……………….

4) When dinosaurs inhabited the Earth, it was …WARMER….than now.

5) 17 million years later, the planet was……FREEZING……..because it was

locked in a cycle of successive ……ICE……ages.

6) 160.000 years ago, global………TEMPERATURES……were only 4

……DEGREES….lower than today.

7) This sea increase and the earth´s climate has been driven primarily by
the sun´s …ACTIVITIES……..and the Earth´s relative……POSITION…… , long
before mankind ever APPEARED.