English 9 · Unit 8: The environment · Cambridge Global English Stage 9

Questions

1. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

   1. prevent heat from the Sun's (2) ____ from escaping

   • evaporates
   • rays
   • moisture
   • reflected
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2. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

   2. Instead of being (3) ____ back into space

   • hurricanes
   • reflected
   • moisture
   • evaporates
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3. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

   3. Warmer oceans mean that water (4) ____ more easily

   • hurricanes
   • floods
   • moisture
   • evaporates
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4. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

   4. contributing more (5) ____ to the air

   • temperatures
   • hurricanes
   • floods
   • moisture
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5. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

   5. This causes more frequent and more extreme (6) ____ and tornadoes.

   • hurricanes
   • heatwaves
   • rays
   • temperatures
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6. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

   6. rising ocean levels, which cause (7) ____ in coastal areas

   • droughts
   • temperatures
   • floods
   • heatwaves
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7. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

   7. Increased (8) ____ affect the Earth in other ways.

   • rays
   • droughts
   • heatwaves
   • temperatures
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8. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

   8. extremely hot days are being recorded and (9) ____ are more frequent

   • heatwaves
   • rays
   • droughts
   • reflected
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9. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

   9. The lack of rain causes (10) ____

   • rays
   • reflected
   • evaporates
   • droughts
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10. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

    10. Why is climate change happening?

    • Glaciers are melting.
    • The Sun is getting closer.
    • There are more famines.
    • Gases from burning fossil fuels stop the Sun's heat escaping, so the Earth gets warmer.
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11. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

    11. How is climate change affecting the weather?

    • There is less moisture in the air.
    • There are more frequent and more extreme hurricanes and tornadoes, more heatwaves and droughts.
    • The Sun's rays are reflected back into space.
    • Temperatures are going down.
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12. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

    12. How are these changes affecting people?

    • People are growing more food because it is warmer.
    • There are fewer forest fires.
    • Coastal communities are disappearing under water, and people can't grow enough food, so there are more famines.
    • Island nations are getting bigger.
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