What is the main point of this article?
The main point of this article is that scientists prefer calling the Earth changing climate change instead of the term global warming because it's not just the Earth getting warmer.
List four vocabulary words that you do not recognize or understand, lookup the definitions, write them out using your own words.
reluctant - not wanting to do something
skeptics - to suspicious something
contending - to argue or to fight
arid - really dry and bad land
What is the difference between “weather” and “climate”?
Weather is how the region is like for a short time and climate is how the region is like for a very long period of time.
What are the examples listed in the article of “extreme weather”?
- Flooding in Pakistan
- Heat wave brings drought and destroy many forests and grassland.
- Flooding in New England, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma
- Extremely hot areas in Eastern USA.
What experiences have you had with “extreme weather”?
I have never experience weather, even though I seen rain storms in Saigon a lot, and I experienced 10 inch flooding.
What does the word “perception” mean?
Perception is how you see something in your point of view.
What is your “perception” of global climate change?
My perception is that we cannot redo what we have done, but we can fix our mistakes by slowing the process of destroying our home down.
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