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Monday 30 November 2015

July Recorded as Hottest Month on Earth

Part of our reading program includes reading and responding to articles from
Kiwikidsnews.  This includes news from Aotearoa and from the world.
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1. Find a quote from the main person in this news article?


Scientists say:’Global climate change and the impacts of the El Nino weather pattern are behind the record level temperatures’.


The article only mentions a quote from Jake Crouch “The world is warming. It is continuing to warm. That is being shown time and time again in our data,”


2. In your own words describe what happened in this news article.


Scientists in America have been recording temperatures since 1880 and 9 of the 10 hottest months have been occurred since 2005. Scientists from the National Centers for Environmental Information have found out that the degrees in July was 0.08 hotter than the previous record by 0.08 degrees. Scientists say that the first 7 months of 2015 have set all time temperature records and that each century the temperature rises bu 0.65.


3. Find out where this event took place and include some information about this place.


The only place the article mentions is America because it says they are American Scientists.


4. Tell us when this event happened and explain what might happen in the future.


I am estimating that it was before 28th of August because the article was written on that date. The scientists probably are going to forward their research on the rising temperature.


5. Explain in your own words why this event took place.


I don’t know but through research it seems that it is caused because of the ‘greenhouse effect’ it is that radiation from the atmosphere is warming the surface of the planet causing the temperature to rise.


6. Use the Dictionary in the bottom right hand corner to find the meaning of 3 words from the article.


Significant - Sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention
Period - A length or portion of time.

Environmental - Relating to the natural world and the impact of human activity on its condition.

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