Relier Pairs IV LEVEL UNIT 8 WE ARE IN DANGER Lesson 4Version en ligne Reading comprehension par Martha Uribe 1 What kinds of effects have human actions had on the environment during the past few centuries? 2 What is being promoted around the world in reaction to this? 3 How do human actions impact the natural world? They can improve, sustain, or destroy it. environmentally-friendly living negative ones 1 What does the law stipulate? 2 What are micro beads according to US law? 3 Why are they a problem? 4 Why do water treatment systems often fail to filter them out? 5 What law did the US pass in 2015? 6 Where are they often found? 7 Which countries have established or are currently establishing regulations of toiletries containing micro beads? because they don’t decompose in water that rinse-off cosmetics containing micro beads are banned plastic particles less than 5mm in size that are used for cleansing because they are too small the Micro bead-Free Waters Act Canada and several European countries in toothpastes and facial cleansers 1 How does the government of Iceland protect biodiversity? 2 What animals have been protected in zero-poaching years? 3 What is the government of Nepal successfully fighting? 4 Which human activities have led to a loss of biodiversity and even extinction? 5 What has this system achieved in the 1980s? 6 What can companies do about the quotas? Hunting, fishing, and other activities It has allowed populations of fish to grow and become healthier. by setting fishing quotas elephants, tigers, and rhinos poaching They can buy or trade quotas as long as the total number of fish caught stays below a certain limit. 1 What type of energy have nations mostly relied on? 2 How much of Uruguay’s electricity is generated from clean energy sources? 3 What does Uruguay’s mix of energy sources prove? 4 Where do these countries get most of their energy from? 5 What is the result of these emissions? 6 What kinds of sources are being used? 7 What is the problem with these fuels? 8 What are some other clean energy nations? 9 What country has already successfully transitioned away from fossil fuels? 10 What can happen in the dry season? that any nation can achieve clean energy production from dams Paraguay and Lesotho Uruguay 95 percent fossil fuels they release harmful substances into the air as they burn. hydropower, biomass energy, solar power, and wind energy) There can be power outages. Large cities are polluted by smog from cars and factories. 1 How does it work? 2 How do people sort trash in Germany? 3 What are some other countries with successful recycling rates? 4 What has created a global waste disposal crisis? 5 How much of Germany’s trash was recycled in 2016? 6 Which country is addressing this problem? 7 What is the Pfand program? 8 How Germany is addressing this issue? Shoppers pay small deposits for the bottles and get receipts that can be used for shopping, or even cash, when returning the bottles to the cashier. South Korea, Slovenia, Austria, Belgium, and Switzerland a program for glass and plastic beverage bottles 65 percent the over-consumption of resources and frequent use of plastics Germany with one of the most successful recycling programs into different colored bins 1 What else has it contributed money towards? 2 What function do trees perform for the planet? 3 What country is trying to prevent the further loss of trees? 4 What did Norway commit $250 million dollars to between 2011 and 2015? 5 What does the policy say? 6 What have people done to trees? 7 What did Norway become the first country to do in 2016? They have cut down enormous numbers of them. that the Norwegian government will not acquire any product that contributes to deforestation ban deforestation and enact a zero-deforestation policy protecting forests in Guyana (protecting the Amazon rain-forest in Brazil and halting deforestation in Liberia Norway They clean the air, filter the water, prevent erosion, and slow the effects of climate change.
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