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English for Communication and Study Skills

8. What is the cause of ocean acidification?
Answer: ____________________________________________
9. How many diseases that occur more risk due to the climate?
Answer: ____________________________________________
10. What does vector-borne diseases, means?
Answer: ____________________________________________

Vocabulary: Match the words with their meanings.

No. Word Meaning

…….. 1. global warming a. a large tick area of ice, especially
one that exists for a long time.
…….. 2. ice sheet b. rain polluted by acid that has been
released into the atmosphere from
factories and other industrial processes.
…….. 3. glacier c. an abnormal rise in the level of the
sea along a coast caused by the onshore
winds of a severe cyclone.
…….. 4. ocean d. the gradual rise in the earth’
temperature caused by high levels of
carbon dioxide and other gases in the

atmosphere.

…….. 5. acid rain f. a large amount of water covers and
area which is usually dry, for example
when a river flows over its bank or a
pipe bursts.
…….. 6. storm surge e. small mammals which have
sharp front teeth. i.e. rats, mice
squirrels.
…….. 7. coast g. the sea.

…….. 8. flood h. an extremely large mass of ice which

moves very slowly, often down a
mountain valley.

…….. 9. wells i. a large area that is different from
other areas of land, for example
because it is one of the different parts
of a country which its own customs

and characteristics, or because it has a

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