[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":3,"doc-seo-264029-105":59,"doc-detail-264029-en":130},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",[7,13,18,23,28,33,38,43,48,51,55],{"id":8,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":10,"show_sort_weight":11,"slug":12},1,"Document","Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":14,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":15,"show_sort_weight":16,"slug":17},2,"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":19,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":20,"show_sort_weight":21,"slug":22},4,"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":24,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":25,"show_sort_weight":26,"slug":27},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":29,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":30,"show_sort_weight":31,"slug":32},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":34,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":35,"show_sort_weight":36,"slug":37},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":39,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":40,"show_sort_weight":41,"slug":42},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":44,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":45,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":47},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":46,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":49,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":50},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":53,"show_sort_weight":52,"slug":54},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":56,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":57,"show_sort_weight":24,"slug":58},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":60,"data":61},"ok",{"site_id":62,"language":63,"slug":64,"title":65,"keywords":66,"description":67,"schema_data":68,"social_meta":123,"head_meta":125,"extra_data":127,"updated_unix":129},105,"en","heat-wave-guided-practice","Heat Wave - Guided Practice","","Guided and practice questions accompany a passage titled “Heat Wave,” which explains how unusually fast climate change is warming the Earth and accelerating over recent decades. The text describes a causal chain linking warming to melting polar ice caps, rising sea levels, impacts on agriculture, and altered extreme weather. It also addresses the human causes of faster warming through heat-trapping gases from burning fossil fuels, while noting that future effects depend on Earth’s response and global lifestyle choices.",{"@graph":69,"@context":122},[70,84,105],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":20,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/exam/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/heat-wave-guided-practice/264029/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/heat-wave-guided-practice/264029.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Ava Thompson","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-20","2026-09-14",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":52},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",{"@type":106,"mainEntity":107},"FAQPage",[108,114,118],{"name":109,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":111},"What is the main cause of the climate warming described in the passage?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"The passage explains that Earth is getting warmer because people add heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels such as coal, gasoline, and natural gas.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"How does melting polar ice caps affect sea levels?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"Melting ice caps raises sea levels, and the passage states that sea levels are rising at an accelerating rate.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What factors determine how future changes will affect Earth?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"The passage says it depends partly on how Earth responds to pollutants already in the air and partly on whether people make lifestyle changes to cut back fossil fuel use or continue current habits.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},264029,1789376764,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":19,"category_name":20,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":52,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":19,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":129,"read_time":52},1649267921044,"https://us-avatar.wpscdn.com/avatar/1800007509477c92dfb?_k=1786009248482753345","# STRATEGIES\n\n1.After reading thisparagraph,which do youthink this passage willmainly explore?(Check√one.)  \n□ Cause  \n□ Effects  \nUnderline the sentence  \nthat tells you so.  \n2.This paragraph describesa causal chain.Fill in themissing link in the chain.warming trendmelting of ice caps↓  \n3.Which word signals  \na cause-and-effect  \nrelationship between  \nwarmer weather and  \nthe time that a seed has  \nto grow and mature?  \nUnderline the word.  \n# GUIDED PRACTICE\n\nPRACTICE Read the following passage from beginning to end.Then,read andanswer the questions in the strategies column.  \n# Heat Wave\n\n1 Scientists estimate that the Earth's temperature is about 5°to 9°F warmer nowthan it was 10,000 years ago.A change in climate is not unheard of;the Earth'sclimate has changed many times during its long history.However,the rate at whichthe climate is changing now is unusually fast,and that has scientists worried,Earth's average temperature has increased by about a degree over the last 100years.But half of this change has taken place in just the last 25 years.Moreover,the rate of warming is increasing.Scientists at the U.S.Environmental ProtectionAgency (EPA)have estimated that if the trend continues the world's temperaturewill increase at least 1°and maybe up to 11°Fby the end of the century.Warmertemperatures could trigger a number of far-reaching effects.  \n2 One is the melting of the polar ice caps.Pictures taken by the National Aeronauticsand Space Administration(NASA)show that the ice covering the North PolarRegion is rapidly shrinking.In fact,the polar ice caps have melted faster in the last20 years than in the last 10,000.If the trend continues,the Arctic will contain noice during summer by mid-century.Melting ice caps could,in turn,have a dramaticeffect on sea levels.A comprehensive satellite study confirms that the melting icecaps are raising sea levels at an accelerating rate.Levels have risen between four andeight inches in the past century alone,and the EPA estimates that they could rise asmuch as another two feet in the next 100 years.In the U.S.,this change will be feltmost strongly by coastal cities such as San Diego,Galveston,Miami,and New York.Such low-lying cities could experience massive flooding.  \n3 Major changes in climate could also affect agriculture.For instance,in the U.S.Midwest,which grows much of the country's grain,warmer weather may causesmaller crop yields.That would mean that the amount of grain harvested per acre ofland would decrease.Grains grow more quickly in warmer weather;consequently,seeds have less time to grow,mature,and produce large,strong plants.Warmingtrends could also increase the incidence of extreme weather,such as severe stormsand drought.This would have a negative impact on crops too.  \n4 Although the Earths climate has always been in a state of change,the rate ofchange has accelerated because of the actions of human beings.Earth is gettingwarmer because people are adding heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere,mainlyby burning fossil fuels such as coal,gasoline,and natural gas.  \n5 No one knows exactly how these changes willaffect Earth.It depends partly onhow the Earth responds to the pollutants that are already in the air and partly onwhether people around the world choose to make lifestyle changes.We can cut backon our use of fossil fuels,or we can ignore the warning signs and go on living as wehave been,gambling on what will happen.Either way,changes are taking place.  \n※  ※  ※  \nGED PRACTICE Fillin eachempty boxwith an ffect of global warming describedin the passage.  \nAnswers and explanations start on page 76.  \ng为alAsP waNo  \n4.Is this paragraph mainlyabout an effect or acause of global warming?(Check√one.)  \n□ Cause  \n□Effect  \nUnderline the signal word  \nthat tells you so.  \nPRACTICE Read the passage.Answerthe questions that follow.  \nEcology of the Redwood Forest  \n1 The redwood trees that grow along the coast of northern California and southereOregon are the tallest trees in ","cbCaiqserYju3E4Y","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqserYju3E4Y","pdf",1961915,"English","# STRATEGIES\n## Cause and Effects Questions\n# GUIDED PRACTICE\n## Heat Wave\n## Ecologt of the Redwood Forest","[{\"question\":\"What is the main cause of the climate warming described in the passage?\",\"answer\":\"The passage explains that Earth is getting warmer because people add heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels such as coal, gasoline, and natural gas.\"},{\"question\":\"How does melting polar ice caps affect sea levels?\",\"answer\":\"Melting ice caps raises sea levels, and the passage states that sea levels are rising at an accelerating rate.\"},{\"question\":\"What factors determine how future changes will affect Earth?\",\"answer\":\"The passage says it depends partly on how Earth responds to pollutants already in the air and partly on whether people make lifestyle changes to cut back fossil fuel use or continue current habits.\"}]","Heat Wave - Guided Practice | PDF"]