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