Cover of the textbook Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Video 4 - The greenhouse effect for the textbook Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Work in groups. Compare how well you understood the explanation of the root cause.

Answer

The root cause of the extreme weather is basically water: too much water. The oceans are the main source of the water in the atmosphere, of clouds and rain. The sun causes water from the oceans to evaporate. The water becomes a vapour, a kind of gas, that surrounds the earth. More heat means more evaporation, which in turn means more energy building up in the atmosphere and thus more possibility of extreme weather.

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