1. Fill in: pollution, global warming, poverty flood, endangered, avalanche, tornado, breeze. 1. Because of ________ our planet gets hotter and hotter. 2. The oil spill near Alaska in 1989 was the worst case of water ________ in history. 3. There are a lot of ________ species on the planet. 4. We say that people live in ________ when they don't have enough money to pay for their food or housing. 5. What started out a light ________ soon became a very strong wind. 6. A terrible ________ caused by three days of continuous rain has destroyed many houses in the small fishing village. 7. Fortunately, the skiers escaped the ________ 8. The ________ ripped roofs off and uprooted many trees.