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Fact Box The car industry has to change! The expansion of the motor vehicle industry is one of the main reasons why Malaysia has developed at a rapid rate. There is evidence that car exhaust fumes are a major cause of global warming. Scientists are calling for the motor vehicle industry to change.

Use your own knowledge to complete the paragraph below about global warming.

Only use words selected from the box.

Tertiary accelerated ozone ice age interglacial slowed Quaternary glacial intermittent greenhouse stagnated

Scientists believe that global warming is, in part, a naturally occurring event. There is evidence to show that there was warming throughout the most recent geological period of time, which is known as the .................................................................. period. As warming occurs, ice sheets melt, an event known as an .......................................... ........period. Recent scientific data shows that there has been a huge increase in carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere partly caused by car exhaust fumes. These gases are known as ................................................. gases. This has ................................................. the rate of global warming.