Reading Comprehension

Global warming is used to describe a gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere and its oceans. There is great _______(1)________among many people, and sometimes in the news, on whether global warming is real. _______(2)________many view the effects of global warming to be more substantial and more rapidly occurring than others do, the scientific consensus on climatic changes related to global warming is that the average temperature of the earth_______(3)_______ between 0.4 and 0.8°C over the past 100 years. The increased volumes of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases _______(4)______ by the burning of fossil fuels, land clearing, agriculture and other human activities are believed to be the________(5)_______ sources of the global warming that has occurred over the past 50 years. Scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate carrying out global warming research have recently ______(6)______ that average global temperatures could increase between 1.4 and 5.8 °C by the year 2100. Changes resulting from global warming may include rising sea levels ________(7)______ the melting of the polar ice caps, as well as an increase in occurrence and severity of storms and other severe weather events.

Global warming is used to describe a gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere and its oceans. There is great _______(1)________among many people, and sometimes in the news, on whether global warming is real. _______(2)________many view the effects of global warming to be more substantial and more rapidly occurring than others do, the scientific consensus on climatic changes related to global warming is that the average temperature of the earth_______(3)_______ between 0.4 and 0.8°C over the past 100 years. The increased volumes of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases _______(4)______ by the burning of fossil fuels, land clearing, agriculture and other human activities are believed to be the________(5)_______ sources of the global warming that has occurred over the past 50 years. Scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate carrying out global warming research have recently ______(6)______ that average global temperatures could increase between 1.4 and 5.8 °C by the year 2100. Changes resulting from global warming may include rising sea levels ________(7)______ the melting of the polar ice caps, as well as an increase in occurrence and severity of storms and other severe weather events.

Global warming is used to describe a gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere and its oceans. There is great _______(1)________among many people, and sometimes in the news, on whether global warming is real. _______(2)________many view the effects of global warming to be more substantial and more rapidly occurring than others do, the scientific consensus on climatic changes related to global warming is that the average temperature of the earth_______(3)_______ between 0.4 and 0.8°C over the past 100 years. The increased volumes of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases _______(4)______ by the burning of fossil fuels, land clearing, agriculture and other human activities are believed to be the________(5)_______ sources of the global warming that has occurred over the past 50 years. Scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate carrying out global warming research have recently ______(6)______ that average global temperatures could increase between 1.4 and 5.8 °C by the year 2100. Changes resulting from global warming may include rising sea levels ________(7)______ the melting of the polar ice caps, as well as an increase in occurrence and severity of storms and other severe weather events.

Global warming is used to describe a gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere and its oceans. There is great _______(1)________among many people, and sometimes in the news, on whether global warming is real. _______(2)________many view the effects of global warming to be more substantial and more rapidly occurring than others do, the scientific consensus on climatic changes related to global warming is that the average temperature of the earth_______(3)_______ between 0.4 and 0.8°C over the past 100 years. The increased volumes of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases _______(4)______ by the burning of fossil fuels, land clearing, agriculture and other human activities are believed to be the________(5)_______ sources of the global warming that has occurred over the past 50 years. Scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate carrying out global warming research have recently ______(6)______ that average global temperatures could increase between 1.4 and 5.8 °C by the year 2100. Changes resulting from global warming may include rising sea levels ________(7)______ the melting of the polar ice caps, as well as an increase in occurrence and severity of storms and other severe weather events.

Global warming is used to describe a gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere and its oceans. There is great _______(1)________among many people, and sometimes in the news, on whether global warming is real. _______(2)________many view the effects of global warming to be more substantial and more rapidly occurring than others do, the scientific consensus on climatic changes related to global warming is that the average temperature of the earth_______(3)_______ between 0.4 and 0.8°C over the past 100 years. The increased volumes of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases _______(4)______ by the burning of fossil fuels, land clearing, agriculture and other human activities are believed to be the________(5)_______ sources of the global warming that has occurred over the past 50 years. Scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate carrying out global warming research have recently ______(6)______ that average global temperatures could increase between 1.4 and 5.8 °C by the year 2100. Changes resulting from global warming may include rising sea levels ________(7)______ the melting of the polar ice caps, as well as an increase in occurrence and severity of storms and other severe weather events.

Global warming is used to describe a gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere and its oceans. There is great _______(1)________among many people, and sometimes in the news, on whether global warming is real. _______(2)________many view the effects of global warming to be more substantial and more rapidly occurring than others do, the scientific consensus on climatic changes related to global warming is that the average temperature of the earth_______(3)_______ between 0.4 and 0.8°C over the past 100 years. The increased volumes of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases _______(4)______ by the burning of fossil fuels, land clearing, agriculture and other human activities are believed to be the________(5)_______ sources of the global warming that has occurred over the past 50 years. Scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate carrying out global warming research have recently ______(6)______ that average global temperatures could increase between 1.4 and 5.8 °C by the year 2100. Changes resulting from global warming may include rising sea levels ________(7)______ the melting of the polar ice caps, as well as an increase in occurrence and severity of storms and other severe weather events.