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Unit 9 Answer Key

Oceanography

Listening

VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES

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A. Use the target words, or forms of them, to complete the paragraph.
1. decades
2. declining
3. foundation
4. projects

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B. Cross out the word that has a different meaning from the others.
1. grow
2. project
3. scientist
4. foundation
5. decline
6. ocean

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C. Some words have multiple meanings. For the target words below, match
the dictionary definitions on the left with the example sentences on the right.
foundation (noun)
1. b
2. a
3. e
4. d
5. c

project (noun, verb)

1. c
2. b
3. a
4. d
5. e

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D. A decade is a period of ten years. With a partner, name one thing that was
popular or that happened during each of the decades below.
Answers will vary. Possible answers below.
"Someone walked on the moon for the first time in the 1960s.”

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LISTEN FOR MAIN IDEAS

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Read the questions about the video. Work with a partner to ask and answer
these questions.
1. b
2. a
3. c
4. c
5. a

LEARNING SKILL

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Apply A. Go online to watch the video again. Complete the sentences with the
information you hear.
1. 70, 2030
2. Florida
3. pollution, 50, 7
4. six months
5. the government, 50,000
6. Coral Restoration Foundation
7. money, January

Speaking

VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES

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A. Work with a partner. After each word or phrase, write the word from the
box that has an opposite meaning.
1. consist
2. distribute
3. contribute
4. minimal
5. annual
6. maximize

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B. Use the target words, or forms of them, to complete the paragraph.
1. consists

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2. minimal
3. maximize
4. contribute
5. distribute
6. annual

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C. Some words are formal and others are more informal. Complete the chart
with the formal target words, and the informal word or phrase with a similar
meaning.

formal informal
1. annual yearly
2. consist be made up of
3. contribute give to
4. distribute hand out
5. maximize increase
6. minimal least

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D. For each of the sentences below, write the number [1–3] for the meaning of
contribute that the sentence uses.
1. 1
2. 1
3. 2
4. 3
5. 2
6. 1

LISTEN FOR MAIN IDEAS

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Read the questions about the radio broadcast. Work with a partner to ask and
answer these questions.
1. c
2. a
3. b
4. b
5. a

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SPEAKING SKILL

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Apply A. Go online to listen to the talk again. Write the expressions you hear.
Write an “X” on the line if you hear an imperative. Correct capitalization if
necessary.
1. I suggest you
2. You could
3. You should

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Apply B. Go online to listen again. Write the information the speaker gives to
support each recommendation in activity A.
1. Ninety-eight percent of people who took these kinds of trips were happy with
their choice.
2. These are trips where you stay in the homes of the local people. So you’re
maximizing the benefit to people who live there, not just big companies.
3. You will protect the environment, see some rare and beautiful wildlife, and help
out local communities.

PRONUNCIATION SKILL

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Apply A. Go online to listen to the sentences. Using the intonation that you
hear, check (✓) the speaker’s purpose.
1. asking for agreement/making small talk
2. asking for agreement/making small talk
3. asking for confirmation
4. asking for agreement/making small talk
5. asking for confirmation
6. asking for agreement/making small talk

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Apply B. Work with a partner. Say the examples from Learn, activities A and
B. Be sure to use correct intonation.
1. He has planned an ecotourism trip,|hasn’t he? I knew it was something he wanted
to do.
2. Pollution is a real problem for the community,|isn’t it? New laws need to be
made.
3. He wasn’t going to leave the foundation,|was he? They still need his help there.
4. The decline hasn’t gotten worse over the last decade,|has it? The team has been
working so hard to save the reefs.

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B. Read the comprehension questions. Then go online to listen to the podcast
about ecotourism in Palau. Work with a partner to discuss the questions.
1. Palau is 500 miles east of the Philippines.
2. Tourism is a big source of money in Palau.
3. Sharks are protected.
4. It is increased by 26%.
5. It costs $100 to swim with the jellyfish.

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