Words
- The nitty-gritty are the most important and basic facts or details about something.
- The opposite of something is the thing that is most different from it.
- Water that is piled up is water that is all coming together at one place.
- The upcoming year is the year that will come next.
- La Niña helped keep a lid on global temperatures: La Niña helped to keep the temperatures from rising a lot.
Assignment
1. What is “upwelling”?
a Cooler deep ocean water spreads back to South America.
b Deep, cold ocean water rises towards the warmer surface.
c Ocean water blows from South America towards Asia.
d Warm ocean water is trapped deep in the ocean.
2. What causes El Niño? Choose all correct answers.
a CO2 emissions and sea levels are rising.
b The winds that could make the water cooler are weaker.
c Wamer ocean water is not cooled down by colder water below.
d Water temperatures are cooled down too much by colder water from below.
3. Fill in the correct year: 2016, 2022, 2023 or 2024.
a …………………. was one of the hottest years ever recorded.
b …………………. is expected to be hotter than last year.
c …………………. could become the hottest year ever.
d …………………. was a record El Niño year.
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