Key words and ideas

Mother Earth, Mother Nature, The environment, The Natural World

Flora and Fauna (scientific term for plants and animals)
Extinction
Mass – Extinction event

Climate Change – Changes in global weather patterns. Local effects will vary. I.E some places will get
hotter, some places will get colder, some places will be wetter, some places will have more serious
storms and natural disasters.

Average global temperatures will lead to

Sea-level rise
Melting arctic ice will result in
-Rising temperatures
-Rising sea-levels contributes to

allows us to
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases would allow us to
Fossil fuels
Non-Renewable energy is/are a contributing factor(s)
Renewable energy
Sustainability is/are caused by
Sustainable
Unsustainable is/are partly caused by.

Food production is/are threatened by

Energy production
Consumer demand is/are a result of

Endangered species