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Ecological problems (part 2)
Exercise 1. Match the words with their definitions
1. Ecology a) A gas in the atmosphere. The gas that we breathe out.
2. Environment b) The Earth is becoming warmer because there is too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
3. Flora c) The study of how living things interact with each other.
4. Fauna d) This is the atmosphere between 10 km and 60 km above the Earth. The ozone stops a lot of the ultraviolet radiation from the sun.
5. Habitat е) When the land, sea or air becomes dirty or poisonous.
6. Pollution f) Part of sunlight.
7. Carbon
dioxide g) A place that provides animals and plants with food, water and shelter.
8. Greenhouse
effect h) The wise use of the environment.
9. Ozone layer i) It means simply what is around us.
10. Ultraviolet
radiation j) All the plants that grow in a region.
11. Conservation k) The animals of a region.
12. Acid rain l) Rain containing acid.
Exercise 2. Answer the questions:
1. What important environmental problems endanger people’s lives nowadays?
2. What makes the seawater dangerous nowadays?
3. Where does air pollution in the cities come from?
4. What do you know about the greenhouse effect? How can the greenhouse effect influence the climate on the planet in future?
5. Why are a lot of species of plants and animals disappearing fast and can become extinct very soon?
6. What happens to rainforests? Why are they so important for the life on the Earth?
Exercise 3. Test
Test yourself
Choose the right answer.
1 .Greenpeace
a) Protects people
b) Protects the environment
c) Protects cities and towns.
2. Pollution is
a) good for people
b) can kill people
c) good for the nature
3 .Recycling is
a) a computer game
b) going on a bicycle again
c) using litter again
4. Air pollution is dangerous because
a) you can’t hear
b) you can’t see
c) you can’t breathe.
5. We can help animals if we
a) put them in the zoo.
b) don’t kill them
c) don’t cut down the forests.
6. There will be no air without
a) fish
b) trees
c) animals.
7. Litter is
a) a place
b) measure for water
c) rubbish
8. What must you do with litter?
a) drop it
b) pick it up
c) burn it.
9. Plants
a ) pollute air
b )grow in the forest
c )grow in the sea.
10. We can help the fish if
a) we buy an aquarium
b) we don’t pollute rivers and lakes and oceans
c) we save water.
Exercise 4. Fill in the gaps with the words given under the text
The threat to the environment.
Nowadays people are more aware that wildlife all over the world is in (1)….Many (2)… of animals are threatened, and could easily become(3)… if we do not make an effort to (4)…them. There are many reasons for this. In some cases, animals are (5)…for their fur or for other valuable parts of their bodies. Some birds, (6)…as parrots, are caught (7)… , and sold as pets. For many animals and birds, the problem is their habitat- the (8)… where they live-is (9)… More (10)…is used for farms, for houses or industry, and there are fewer open (11)…than there once were. Farmers use powerful chemicals to help them grow better (12)…, but these chemicals pollute the environment and (13) wildlife. The most successful animals on earth-human beings-will soon be the only once (14)…, unless we can (15)… this problem.
1. a) danger b) threat c) problem d) vanishing
2. a) marks b) more c) species d) forms
3. a) disappeared b) vanished c)empty d) extinct
4. a) harm b) safe c) protect d) serve
5. a) hunted b) chased c) game d) extinct
6. a) like b) such c) or d) where
7. a) lively b) alive c) for life d) for living
8. a) spot b) point c) place d)site
9. a) exhausting b) departing c)escaping d) disappearing
10. a) each b) land c) soil d) area
11. a) spaces b) air c) up d) parts
12. a) products b) fields c) herbs d) crops
13. a) spoil b) harm c)wound d)wrong
14. a) survived b) over c) missing d) left
15. A) answer b) calculate c) solve d) explain
Exercise 5. Write a composition (10-15 sentences) on the following topic:
KEEPING THE EARTH CLEAN
WHEN THE AIR, LAND OR WATER BECOMES DIRTY, WE SAY IT IS POLLUTED.
WE KNOW THAT POLLUTED AIR, LAND AND WATER ARE HARMFUL TO
PLANTS, ANIMALS AND PEOPLE. WE ARE TO CARE TAKE OF THE EARTH.
HOW CAN WE KEEP OUR EARTH CLEAN?
WRITE YOUR IDEAS BELOW.
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