Weather, Fauna and Flora – English Vocabulary, Phrases & Examples

Weather, Fauna and Flora – English Vocabulary, Phrases & Examples

Identify the main types of climate. How do animals and plants adapt to the climate?

We can identify 5 types of climate: 1.tropical, 2.dry, 3.warm temperate, 4.cold temperate, 5.cold

The climate of the place is influenced by the distance from the equator, from the sea, the local topography, mountain ranges. Nowaday, the existense of some plats and animals is in danger.

Adapted: Climates vary from place to place. Different countries have different climates. Flowers and plants are adapted to the climate they live in. In very dry climates plants develop the ability to store water, such as the cactus.

Animals are adapted to change their hairs before and after winter. Animals who live in the coldest part of the word (seals or polar bears) have a lot of fat under their skin to protect from cold. Some animals are hibernate during the winter and some animals emigrate to breading areas. Animals who live in the hot places can store water in their bodies (camel)

Spring: In spring nature begins to awake from its long winter sleep. The ground is covered with new green grass. Typical spring flowers are snowdrops, dandelions, daffodils, coloured tulips and purple violets. The trees are covered with new leaves and blossoms. Birds such as swallows, starlings, cuckoos come back from the south and we can hear them singing again

Summer: In the morning there is often dew on the grass, the sky is clear and fresh breeze flows

Autumn: This is the time of harvest (apples, pears, plums). The leaves start to fall off the trees. Grass turns yellow. Birds fly to the south

Winter: Typical winter weather brings snowfall, icy wind and hard frosts

Describe the influence of natural disasters on people who live there. Which part of the Earth is mostly affected by famines caused by droughts?

Earthquake: (Japan) vibrations produced inside the earth. This moving of earth plates can destroy all building and kill many people, not only in epicentre

Hurricanes: (USA,Mexico) is a tropical cyclone, which is occurring in the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean.

It produces strong winds and rain; hurricanes have names (Katrina, Andrew, Wilma).

Floods: is a wild water which incepts when a lot of rains. The level of water rises and rises, then rivers get out of their way and this water can destroy houses, gardens and everything what is near the river

Tsunami: (India, Indonesia, Thailand) is a series of water waves, usually caused by earthquake under the sea

Volcanic eruptions: there are many active volcanoes in the world, like (Etna in Italy, many volcanoes in Japan) There was a volcanic eruption last year in Iceland, it caused many problems in the whole Europe

Other example: fires (Greece), droughts (Portugal,Spain), tornadoes, melting of icebergs (Antarctida), avalanche

FAMINES: Poor people don’t often have food. Poor countries don’t have a good health care system. We see these problems in many African countries: Chad and Nigeria, in Central American countries: Guatemala

Describe the lifestyle of people living in cold climates and people living in warmer climates.

Different lifestyle of people in cold /warmer climate:

Cold: people living in cold areas (Russia, Island or Canada) are typical cold climate, they wear warm clothes and have shorter daylight

Warmer: People living in Spain, Italy, France, Greece or South America have absolutely different lifestyle.

They have different working hours, that they don’t work midday and have a typical siesta hours

They have naturally darker skin colour and wear less clothes

Situation: You work for the Charity organization which helps people affected by natural disasters. What should people do to help troubled citizens in affected areas?

To areas affected by natural disasters are broadcast Rescue teams from different states. Affected people are providing humanitarian assistance: these are medicines, food, clothes, blankets. Volunteers help restore the country's infrastructure. Doctors help in saving people..