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From the Ted Talk by Angel Hsu: Cities are driving climate change. Here's how they can fix it

Unscramble the Blue Letters


We observe these neighborhood-level disparities particularly clearly in these side-by-side iagmes of Los Angeles, comparing income on the left and tree cover on the right. The darkest green neighborhood has an average annual income of over 100,000 US dollars per person. And over 70 percent of it has tree cover. The blue neighborhoods towards the bottom of the map only have a third of the inmcoe per preson and less than five percent tree cover. setveny percent versus five.

This disparity has real consequences. Green saceps are often public spaces, and they're known to be associated with social and economic well-being. They can also reduce crmie and ftoser social cohesion. Trees also can help to felitr harmful air pollution and provide evaporative cooling and sahde and rielef for some of these high temperatures. So not only are those poorer neighborhoods at a greater disadvantage from access to green space, but they're also more vulnerable to air pollution and climate change.

Open Cloze


We observe these neighborhood-level disparities particularly clearly in these side-by-side ______ of Los Angeles, comparing income on the left and tree cover on the right. The darkest green neighborhood has an average annual income of over 100,000 US dollars per person. And over 70 percent of it has tree cover. The blue neighborhoods towards the bottom of the map only have a third of the ______ per ______ and less than five percent tree cover. _______ percent versus five.

This disparity has real consequences. Green ______ are often public spaces, and they're known to be associated with social and economic well-being. They can also reduce _____ and ______ social cohesion. Trees also can help to ______ harmful air pollution and provide evaporative cooling and _____ and ______ for some of these high temperatures. So not only are those poorer neighborhoods at a greater disadvantage from access to green space, but they're also more vulnerable to air pollution and climate change.

Solution


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  2. relief
  3. crime
  4. spaces
  5. shade
  6. filter
  7. seventy
  8. income
  9. person
  10. foster

Original Text


We observe these neighborhood-level disparities particularly clearly in these side-by-side images of Los Angeles, comparing income on the left and tree cover on the right. The darkest green neighborhood has an average annual income of over 100,000 US dollars per person. And over 70 percent of it has tree cover. The blue neighborhoods towards the bottom of the map only have a third of the income per person and less than five percent tree cover. Seventy percent versus five.

This disparity has real consequences. Green spaces are often public spaces, and they're known to be associated with social and economic well-being. They can also reduce crime and foster social cohesion. Trees also can help to filter harmful air pollution and provide evaporative cooling and shade and relief for some of these high temperatures. So not only are those poorer neighborhoods at a greater disadvantage from access to green space, but they're also more vulnerable to air pollution and climate change.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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carbon dioxide emissions 3

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