Vocabulary Grid

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WALT identify the meaning of the word using the context clues.

• Confirm or revise the original definition 

Vocabulary	Word in L1	My definition	Revised definition
Carbon dioxide	Kaponi taiokisaitii	My meaning of Carbon dioxide is a type of gas	Carbon dioxide is produced during the processes of decay of organic materials and the fermentation of sugars in bread, beer and wine making.
challenges	faingataʻa	My meaning of Challenge is when your competing someone or versing someone	a call to someone to participate in a competitive situation or fight to decide who is superior in terms of ability or strength.
climate	ʻea	Climate is average weather.	the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
eco-systems		When you get everyone together and do activities to stop climate change	a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
emission	ngāue fake faifekau	Emission is when it harms the environment.	the production and discharge of something, especially gas or radiation.
environment	ʻātakaí	When you help save the earth.	the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
erosion	fakangata	Erosion is the action of surface processes that removes soil.	the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.
greenhouse effect	ola ʻo e fale fakailiʻanga ʻakau	Greenhouse effect is a natural process that warms the earth surface	the trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere, due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun
greenhouse gases	ngaahi kasa fakaili ʻakau	Greenhouse gases are basically the same as greenhouse effects but include water.	a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation. Carbon dioxide and chlorofluorocarbons are examples of greenhouse gases.
methane		Methane is a type of greenhouse gas , it’s also a part of the greenhouse effect.	a colourless, odourless flammable gas which is the main constituent of natural gas. It is the simplest member of the alkane series of hydrocarbons.
temperature	māfana ʻa e	When it is cold or hot outside.	the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object, especially as expressed according to a comparative scale and shown by a thermometer or perceived by touch.
weather	anga ʻo e ʻ	When it is raining or sunny outside.	the state of the atmosphere at a particular place and time as regards heat, cloudiness, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.