- •94 Ecology (also known as Oekologie or Okology, from Greek:
- •Unit 11 Branches of Ecology. Part 1
- •Read the text title and hypothesize what the text is about. Write down your hypothesis.
- •4 Circle in the list the words and expressions you know. Write down their translation in the ble and calculate the percentage of your lexical competence.
- •Landscape ecology examines processes and relationship across multipleecosystems or very large geographic areas.
- •Unit 12 Branches of Ecology. Part 2
- •1.3 If you know answers to these questions write them down in the space given after each question.
- •1.4 Circle in the list the words and expressions you know. Write down their translation in the table and calculate the percentage of your lexical competence.
- •The ecosystem concept
- •1.2 What do you know concerning this issue? List your ideas in the table left column “I know”.
- •Circle in the list the words and expressions you know. Write down their translation in the table and calculate the percentage of your lexical competence.
- •Unit 14 Human-Caused Global Climate Change
- •1.3 If you know answers to these questions write them down in the space given after each question.
- •Greenhouse Gases
- •Effects of Global warming
- •Inadvertent—may change local weather and long-term climate.
Unit 14 Human-Caused Global Climate Change
1 Introduction
Read the text title and hypothesize what the text is about. Write down your hypothesis.
What do you know concerning this issue? List your ideas in the table left column “I know
1
What
do you know about global warming?
2
Are
you convinced that global climate change has already begun?
3
What
gases could cause climate warming?
4
What
changes of temperature can be observed during the last ten
years?
5
What
countries might disappear entirely?
6
What
is “monsoon”?
7
On
your point of view what will be the future of our weather and
climate?
1.3 If you know answers to these questions write them down in the space given after each question.
1.4 Circle in the list the words and expressions you know. Write down their translation in the table and calculate the percentage of your lexical competence.
1 |
global warming |
|
9 |
thermal expansion |
|
2 |
prediction |
|
10 |
disastrous flood |
|
3 |
costal area |
|
11 |
ocean circulation |
|
4 |
carbon dioxide |
|
12 |
to raise sea level |
|
5 |
human activities |
|
13 |
earth’s rotation |
|
6 |
to contain |
|
14 |
to disperse fog |
|
7 |
torrential rain |
|
15 |
ice caps |
|
8 |
monsoon |
|
16 |
urbanization |
|
Are we altering the atmosphere in ways that could lead to disastrous, worldwide climate change? Will increasing concentrations of infrared-absorbing gases released into the atmosphere by human activities trap heat and raise global temperatures? Some climatologists picture a grim future in which summer heat is unbearable, farms are turned to deserts, famines sweep the globe, melting polar ice caps raise sea levels and flood coastal regions, and thousands or even millions of species die that can’t migrate or adapt to sudden climatic charges.