Reading: Climate Change Causes and Effects
Climate change causes and effects is the central B1–B2 reading text in the environmental-science genre. The text covers the greenhouse-gas effect, the main causes of human-driven climate change (fossil fuels, deforestation, agriculture, industry), and the cascading effects: rising temperatures, melting ice, sea-level rise, extreme weather, biodiversity loss, displaced populations. Learners read for scientific reasoning, cause-and-effect chains, and qualified projection.
This worksheet builds B1–B2 reading comprehension through a climate-science text.
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What’s inside:
- A B1–B2 reading text (~500 words) on climate change causes and effects
- Pre-reading vocabulary box with climate-science terms
- Comprehension items: cause-effect tracking, scientific-claim identification, prediction-recognition
- Vocabulary-in-context: climate and atmosphere vocabulary
- Writing follow-up: describe one climate-change effect you’ve observed or read about
- Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes
Common challenges: Scientific cause-effect at B1–B2 builds multi-step chains: CO₂ traps heat → atmosphere warms → ice melts → sea levels rise → coastal flooding → displacement. Hedged language is dense: very likely, almost certainly, projected to, expected to. Distinguishing correlation from causation: scientifically attributed (human activity has caused) vs disputed claims. Vocabulary: greenhouse gas, emissions, fossil fuels, deforestation, carbon sink, feedback loop.
For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B1 to B2, in intermediate and upper-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge B1 Preliminary (PET) and B2 First (FCE) Reading. Part of the Environment & Climate Readings collection — the natural next step is The Effects of Tourism, which extends environmental reading into the impact-of-human-activity dimension.
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