Figure 171 :
The Goals of SDGs
Key definitions Biome – a crucial type of ecological community (such as tropical rain forest, grassland, or desert)
Dioxide – an oxide with two oxygen atoms (like carbon dioxide) in the molecule
Carbon – a nonmetallic chemical element with the atomic number six that easily forms compounds with
other elements and is present in all known biological tissues as an organic component
Biodiversity – biological diversity in an ecosystem is measured by the variety of plants and animals that
inhabit it
Abundance – relative level of abundance
Polar – about or concerning a geographic pole or its surroundings
While reading
B. Complete the sentences 1.
The difference between weather and climate is
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2.
Climate change can be understood by these three areas of study __________________________,
______________________, and _______________________
3.
Biodiversity is measured by ______________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
4.
Keystone species are important because
_____________________________________________________________________________
5.
In 2015 The United Nations adopted
_____________________________________________________________________________
Post-Reading
C. https://sdgs.un.org/goals. Choose one Sustainable Development Goal to learn more about. Make a short
presentation for your class about this goal and why it is important and what is being done to implement it.
