Unit 12 a

EXERCISE 1

Match the abbreviations with the meaning and the type measurement

Abbreviation Meaning Type of Measurement

1% Square metres Temperature

2°C Kilometres Area
3 km Percentage Distance
4I Degrees Celsius Weight
5 m2 Kilograms Quantity Of water (or liquid)
6 Kg Litres An amount out of 100

• % ---> Percentage--> An amount out of 100

• ° C--> Degrees Celsius--> Temperature
• km--> Kilometres--> Distance
• L-->Litres--> Quantity of water (or liquid)
• m2--> Square metres--> Area
• Kg --> Kilograms--> Weight

EXERCISE 2

Complete these facts about the Earth with the abbreviations from. Exercise 1

The temperature at the centre of the Earth is about 7,500 ° C.

The North Pole is over 20,000 m2 from theSouth Pole.

70 % of the Earth's surface is water.

148,940 million km of the Earth is land.

Objects on earth weigh less than on the moon. 100 Kg on earth is 16.5 Kg on the
moon.

Every day 914,000,000,000,000 L of rain falls on the Earth.

EXERCISE 3

Work in pairs. Choose the correct options.Then check the answers on page 157.

1. What's the length of a marathon?

2. How depth is the Mariana Trench?

3. Sweden has the tallest men and women in the world. What is their average height?

4. How many kilometres equals one mile?

5. What percentage of the world's population live in China?

6. Does a kilogram of metal or a kilogram of plastic weight more?