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    Matching Headings Practice 2

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    The document discusses the greenhouse effect and global warming. It explains how greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide in the atmosphere trap heat similarly to how the glass roof and walls of a greenhouse work, keeping the Earth's average temperature warm. It also discusses how increasing greenhouse gases are expected to have profound implications and that climate change damage may now be past or near the point of no return.

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    The document discusses the greenhouse effect and global warming. It explains how greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide in the atmosphere trap heat similarly to how the glass roof and walls of a greenhouse work, keeping the Earth's average temperature warm. It also discusses how increasing greenhouse gases are expected to have profound implications and that climate change damage may now be past or near the point of no return.

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    The document discusses the greenhouse effect and global warming. It explains how greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide in the atmosphere trap heat similarly to how the glass roof and walls of a greenhouse work, keeping the Earth's average temperature warm. It also discusses how increasing greenhouse gases are expected to have profound implications and that climate change damage may now be past or near the point of no return.

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    Matching Headings Practice 2

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    The document discusses the greenhouse effect and global warming. It explains how greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide in the atmosphere trap heat similarly to how the glass roof and walls of a greenhouse work, keeping the Earth's average temperature warm. It also discusses how increasing greenhouse gases are expected to have profound implications and that climate change damage may now be past or near the point of no return.

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    Matching Headings Practice

    Choose the correct heading (1-9) for paragraphs A, B, C and D in the


    passage below. There are 5 that you do not need to use.

    1 Temperatures on Earth
    2 The Greenhouse
    3 Creating Global Warming
    4 Use of a Greenhouse
    5 Our Choices
    6 Greenhouse Gases
    7 Earth’s Atmosphere
    8 Reversing the Damage
    9 Effects of Carbon Dioxide

    The Greenhouse Effect

    A. A greenhouse is a house made entirely of glass: both walls and roof are glass.
    One of the main purposes of a greenhouse is to grow tomatoes, flowers and other
    plants that might struggle to grow outside. A greenhouse stays warm inside, even
    during winter. Sunlight shines in and warms the plants and air inside. But the heat
    is trapped by the glass and cannot escape. So during the daylight hours, it gets
    warmer and warmer inside a greenhouse, and stays quite warm at night too.

    B. The Earth experiences a similar thing to a greenhouse. Gases in the atmosphere


    such as carbon dioxide do what the roof of a greenhouse does. During the day, the
    Sun shines through the atmosphere. Earth’s surface warms up in the sunlight. At
    night, Earth’s surface cools, releasing the heat back into the air. But some of the
    heat is trapped by the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. That is what keeps our
    Earth a warm and comfortable 59 degrees Fahrenheit, on average.

    C. However, gas molecules, called greenhouse gases, that absorb thermal infrared
    radiation, and are in significant enough quantity, can force and alter the climate
    system. Carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases act like a blanket,
    absorbing IR radiation and preventing it from escaping into outer space. The
    greenhouse effect, combined with increasing levels of greenhouse gases, produces
    global warming, which is expected to have profound implications.
    D. Many scientists agree that the damage to the Earth’s atmosphere and climate is
    past the point of no return or that the damage is near the point of no return. In
    Josef Werne’s opinion, an associate professor at the department of geology &
    planetary science at the University of Pi_sburgh told Live Science, we have three
    options. Firstly, to do nothing and live with the consequences. Secondly, to adapt to
    the changing climate (which includes things like rising sea level and related
    flooding). Thirdly, mitigate the impact of climate change by aggressively enacting
    policies that actually reduce the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere.

    Match

    A -----

    B -----

    C -----

    D -----

    Answers

    A 2

    B 1

    C 3

    D 5

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