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Pathways 1 LS 4B Reading Comprehension Questions

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  • Explain the yearly weather patterns in Kuwait
    Mostly sunny, very hot in the summer, occasional rain November and December. Yearly temperatures do not fall under 10 most of the time.
  • What may happen as a result of a rise in ocean and sea levels?
    Island and areas of low land along a country's coast may soon be underwater.
  • What's one positive effect of the rising heat?
    Some plants can grow in places that used to be too cold before
  • Why do stronger storms, hurricanes and typhoons happen?
    The world's oceans are slightly warmer and this means the right conditions exist for these natural disasters to happen
  • The oceans used to be __________ in the past. (Choose)
    colder / slightly colder / much colder
  • Why do sea levels rise?
    Polar ice and glaciers melt, more water enters the world's oceans and sea levels rise.
  • Why is the ice in the north and south pole glaciers melting?
    Because of the rising heat
  • Why is the earth's average temperature higher now?
    Because of climate change
  • What do we see high in the mountains instead of glaciers?
    Bare ground