Mother Nature

What is the main point of this article?

- The natural disaster created a lot of damage and the scientist cannot proof that global warming cause climate change or not.

List four vocabulary words that you do not recognize or understand, look up the definitions, write them out using your own words.

- Drought: A period of time that there are no rains and crops die.
- Wildfire: Large fire that difficult to stop.
- Definitive: Final
- Negotiation: To make up a deal by talking.

What is the difference between “weather” and “climate”?

- Weather is for a small place like a city but climate is for a big region like a continent.

What are the examples listed in the article of “extreme weather”?

- Torrential monsoon rains in Pakistan cause flooding.
- Breaking heat wave and drought and kill a lot of crops in Russia.
- Flooding New England, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Oklahoma but drought entire eastern part of USA.
What experiences have you had with “extreme weather”?

- I didn't have any real life experiences but it heard about it a lot of times. It cause damages and makes people die and became homeless. To me I thing it's a very terrible thing to experience real life.

What does the word “perception” mean?

- Its like what you understand about the situation.

What is your “perception” of global climate change?

- My perception about the climate change that it is very dangerous. Many people lost their life because of it, it also creates about of damage to house and building that cost a lot of money to repair. If we take good care of our planet, non of this would've happen.