GUÍA DE APOYO AL APRENDIZAJE INGLES

Nombre: Madeley Cartes Gutiérrez Curso: 2 Medio B Fecha: August, ____

OA:

Habilidad a desarrollar: Saber, identificar, deducir, asociar.

OATP : Colaboración

I) According to the reading activity “The Great Garbage Patch”, answer the exercises below.

1. Plastic is everywhere. It’s incredibly useful and our life wouldn’t be the same without it.
Now, you probbly never throw rubbish into the sea, but did you know 10% of all plastic in the world
ends up there? It usually comes from ships, from litter on beaches, the wind carries it from land, and
rivers take it out to the sea.

A) According to the paragraph 1, answer true (t) or false (f), make the false sentences correcto r
else your answer will be consider incorrect. (10 points)

a) _T Is it plastic usefull for our life?

b) _F According to the text, would life be the same without plastic?
c) F 10% of the plasatic you throw into the sea ends up in the sea.
d) T Plasic comes from ships, and litter on beaches.
e) T The wind carries plastic from land to rivers and rivers take it out to the sea.

2. In fact, somewhere in the Pacific Ocean there is an enormous area of floating plastic called the Great
Garbage Patch. Nobody knows exactly how big it is, but some people say it’s the size of the USA, it is
the world largest rubbish dump. Why does this happen? The strong ocean currents constantly push
everything into a huge vortex of rubbish that stay in one place. Everything that is made of plastic
(balls, tyres, syringes, toothbrushes, toys, bottle tops, plastic bags,etc) ends up in this huge rubbish patch.

B) According to paragrph 2, answer the questions into English. (10 points)

a) Is there an enormous area of floating plastic? Where?

R. YES. The big garbage patch is founded in the pacific ocean.

b) What’s the name of the floating area?

R. The name is Great Garbage Patch.

c) How big is floating plastic area?

R. Nobody knows how big it is, but some people say it´s of the USA.

d) Where the strong currents push plastic?

R. Is pushed into a huge vortex of rubbish that stay in one place.

e) Named what ends up in this huge rubbish patch?

R. balls, tyres, syringes, toothbrushes, toys, bottle tops, plastic bags,etc

3. Charles Moor, the oceanographer who discovered it in 1997, believes it contains 100 million tonnes of
plastic. This plastic is dangerous for marine life because sometimes fish swallow it, birds feed it to their
babies, or animals like sea turtles get trapped in plastic nets. In fact, each year about 1 million sea birds
and 100,000 marine animals die because of plastic.

C) According to paragraph 3 choose the appropriate answer or answers.(5 points)

a) Who discovered the garbge patch?

-Charles Moor - In 1997

b) How much plastic does the garbage patch contains?

 -In 1997 - 100 million tonnes -100,000 marine animals

c) Why is plastic so dangerous for marine life?

- Because birds swallow it. -Because birds feed to their babies

- Because turtles get trapped - Because sea birds and marine life die.

4. The patch also reduces the amount of microscopic plankton that fish can find to eat. This is because it
contains 3 kilos of plastic for each half kilo of plankton. But the most harmful plastic is invisible,
because oceans waves and sunlight often break up the plastic into tiny pieces. These particles are easily
swallowed, and the carry manmade chemicals, which ge tinto the food chain. “What goes into the
ocean goes into animals and onto your dinner plate’, says Dr Jon Erikson, a marine researcher.

D) Write what do you understand for. (10 points)

1. Plankton: ALGA - COMIDA

2. Invisible plankton is harmful: el plankton invisible es dañino

3. Sunlight break up plastic into tiny pieces: los rayos de sol rompe el plástico en pedazos pequeñ

4. Plastic carry manmade chemicals: El plástico transporta productos químicos artificiales

5. Food Chain: cadena alimenticia

5. The environmentalist David de Rothschild took a 12000 – mile journey across the Pacific Ocean in a boat
made of 12500 recycled plastic bottles called the PLASTIKI. He wanted everyone to know bout the
dangers of plastic and to show practical ways to recycle. We can all do something to help. Use les
plastic, recycle more, and pick up litter.

E) According to paragraph 5 answer. (10 point)

What’s PLASTIKI? Describe it.

It is a boat made entirely of recycled bottles, which was used to sail 12,000 miles in the Pacific Ocean.