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Greenland
Phrase cards for repeated reading of Newsela "Greenland"
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| poles has started to melt | * * * |
| 9,103 gigatons of ice | nine thousand one hundred three A gigaton is equal to a billion |
| 1900 | Because it is referring to a year, it is read "nineteen hundred" |
| 1978 and 1987 | * * * |
| melt more quickly in recent years | * * * |
| gradually increased | slowly gone up |
| occurring with the Earth's average temperature | happening as the temperatures get warmer each year |
| burning fossil fuels | fuel that comes from the ground like oil and gas |
| southeast areas of the ice sheet | * * * |
| greenhouse gasses | * * * |
| covers most of the island | * * * |
| Jakobshavn glacier | a huge block of moving snow and ice |
| single fastest-moving glacier | a huge block of moving snow and ice |
| northwest and southeast | * * * |
| However, scientists noticed | * * * |
| two glaciers there that protect | * * * |