Caring for Our Planet ‘Activities to accompany the Oxford Read and Discover non-fiction reader Oxford Read and Discover provides interesting and ‘educational content, with activities and project work mar practice, as well 3s consolidation activites. They also use the non-fiction content inthe reader {to support and develop the students’ critical thinking skills. Series Editor: Hazel Geatehes Level 3 Level 5 600 headwords 500 adwords Level 4 Level 6 Horeadwons YQ Lospheadeors OXFORD provide additional, chapter linked reading, Activity BookOXFORD Nova Sap he en ‘ney a psf Pe Sere Noanamonie crag ‘Span pcan my mi ‘Seeparhestne ae tee spine Ox ‘erent ay tern ‘Seca Oe try ttn ae ‘ery ee tat, a Introduction (€}Fa23) 1 Circle the correct words. 41 About 70% of Earth is covered with rainforests (waten/ ‘mountains 2 Scientists think that Earth is getting colder /blager/ warmer. 3. We must care for Earth, to keep it safe and clean /old/ dirty. 4 Many deserts are getting colder bigger / smaller. 5. Beaches and rainforests are dangerous /dry /beautiul places 6 Some people are worried because the oceans are getting colder / higher / lower. 2 Answer the questions. 11 What beautiful places are there in your country? Write three places. 2 What animals are there in your country? Write three animals. 3 What is the weather like today? 4 Do you sometimes ride a bicycle? 5 Is it safe or dangerous to ride a bicycle where you tive?Using Resources Carefully (¢)Pasaaa7 1 Write the words. x ww & 4 sun 4 oil Ss aw. 50. 6p. Complete the sentences. ‘Our planet gives us many natural 2 The sun and wind will not un out. They are 3 People need 4 Coal and oil are 5 We use oil to make other vehicles. —— resources. water to drink. —— fuels, ——— to power cars and 6 Fossil fuels cannot be run out. 7 Lights, refrigerators, and televisions need ———,s0 they will water when we put waste into it. 3 Correct the sentences. 1 Plants, animals, and people all need electricity to tive, Plants, animals, and people all need water to lve, 2 About 70% of Earth is covered with buildings. 3. Most of the world's water is fresh water in oceans. 4 We use renewable fuels like coal, gas, and oll in power stations. 5 Fossil fuels can be replaced, 4 Order the words. 1 not/We/ water. /waste / must We must not waste water. 2 water/ must /keep /clean./We 3. when /use /fuels. pollute /We /the air/fossil//we 4 tiy/less /can/to/We /electrcity. use 5 more /Countries / with /electrcity./more /need / people °e(2) Keeping Our Planet Cool 1 Complete the place names. 1uSA___ 2 S__ Desert 3B 4G___esert 5 South K 6c 7A at 9 Newz 2 Circle the correct words. Earth gets heat from the stars /sun / moon. 2 Some heat is trapped by a blanket of water/plants /gases.. 3 1m 200, a huge hurricane hit New Orleans in the USA/ theUK /China. 4 There are alot of hurricanes / floods /deserts in Bangladesh. 5 In Bangladesh, some people make floating cars /gardens / schools. 6 The Gobi and the Sahara are deserts / oceans / countries. 7 We must try to keep earth hot /rainy /cool by using fewer fossil fuels. 3. Match. Then write complete sentences. scientists make the greenhouse effect when weusefossi\ ismelting carbon dioxide bc) use fewer fossil fuels eine think catbon dioxide ee increases | at the North and oceans and plants ge South Poles we must that Earth’ climate is changing 1 Scientists think that Earth's climate is changing 2 a s22 4 Complete the sentences. 1 If there's a flood, people usually move to a_saftr_ place. (safe) 2 The Gobi desert is getting __. big) 3 Earth is getting warmer, and the weather is getting - extreme) 4 The floods in Bangladesh are getting (bad) 5 Hurricanes are getting _. (dangerous) 6 We should use fossil fuels. (few)3 Write the places. 3) Making Clean Electricity ©3253) 1 Write the words. Then complete the sentences. User Chana been Erancel Ceremony User) Osf5l; tty fos fuel F¢que1_—__qlwn FaSlo ____'o'gw ___p@,demmeot _ 1 Fossil fuel_power stations don’t produce clean electricity. 2 Weecan build — ‘turbines in isolated places. 3 ______power stations use hot water from underground. 4 Hydro electricity is made by using energy from __ 5 Dangerous waste is produced by ower stations. 6 ______power stations are used in places where it’s always sunny. Order the words. Then write true or false. 1 from /electrcity /We /sun./ make /heat /the/ can /using We can make electriciy using heat Grom the sun, rue 2 catbon dioxide /into / power stations /the /Nuctear/ air. / put 3 at/people /after/an /Some/ accident / Chernobyl. / died 4 electricity /60%/ makes /farms. /Germany /of/in/wind /its 5 to/underground / buildings. /can//from//be / heat / Steam / used 1 There is a big solar power station in _Spain_ 2 Many people had to move to new homes after an accident at a nuclear power station in 3. The biggest hydroelectric power station in the world today 4 __ makes 6% of its electricity in wind farms. 5 In _ there is lots of hot water underground, 6 In 1966, scientists in__ started to make electricity Using energy from ocean tides. 4 Complete the sentences. _— — — are investigating ways of ‘making clean energy. Ths is important if we want t0 — global warming 2 Nuclear waste is =. Itimust stay of years before it ‘underground for is safe. 3 Wind — — can be useful in colder countries where there is not enough — to use solar eneray. 4 The first hydroelectric water wheel, It made enough eneray for 250 light, __—— station was a simpleiQ) Reducing Travel ©) 1 Complete the sentences. small travel share busy air walk 1 Cars and planes put carbon dioxide into the. 2 Airports are getting very —__ 3 We cam think carefully about the way we 4 For short joumeys, we can__or eye. 5 Wecan ty to use 6 Forsome journeys, we can ‘cars because they use less fuel. cars with other people. 2 Order the words. Then write true or false. 1 day./of/travel/ Most /every /us 2 the /buses air./Cars / pollute /and 3 planet / makes /dioxide / cooler. /our/ Carbon 3 Complete the sentences. 1 When we put — dioxide into the alr, it Increases the —_ _——— effect. 2 Some people pay to plant _____ when they fly This is called carbon 3 Biofuels are made from — 4A few planes are powered by solar — they don’t have any space for — 4 Write the question words. Then answer the questions. What How many Where Why What Why. 1 Why _ js it better to use small cars? Because they use lees fuel than big cars 2 do planes and ships put into the air? 3 _____ international passengers travel through New York's ‘main airport every day? 4 small /cars /tess /ones. /use /fuel/Big/than 4 _____ is cycling better than siting in a car? 5 use/plants. fuel /from /cars/Some/made 5 ____ does a catalytic converter do? 6 of /a/ passengers. / Zephyr plane / carries /The /lot 6 does solar energy come from?'5) Keeping Our Planet Clean (€)Pases 20023) 1 Write the words. Then complete the sentences. ~~ elPtuty iS paP PosCyom ceo Tufalat 1 We throw away more bags than anything else. 2 Its better to use a bag that is made of a material 3 Waste from factories can___ water. 4 People throw away too much 5 Ina____bin, worms and bacteria eat the waste. 6 Many people 2 Write the numbers. 500 abillion 2 90 34 paper, cans and glass. 1 When people in retand were asked to pay for plastic bags, ‘the number of bags used reduced by —_%. 2 Itean take years fora plastic bag to decompose, 3 In Kamikatsu in Japan, people divide their waste into different types. 4 More than __people in the world do not have clean water to drink 5 Inthe USA, every person produces more than kilograms of waste every day. 3. Match. Then write complete sentences. throw away waste on beaches use _-— things before we throw throw them away wwe should — pope paper and cans te ‘too much waste an ‘a compost bin waste into rivers or oceans 1 _We should reuse things before we throw them away, 2 3 = 5 6 4 Correct the sentences. 1 Every day, people die from clean drinking water. 2 It's safe for animals to eat waste. 3 It's easy to recycle plastic bags. 4 Paper bags are a huge problem for our planet.'6) Protecting Plants €aa2a) 11 Write the words. Then complete the food chains. & @ us ie 1 Lettuce > rabbit > 2 > cow > person 3 com -> mouse -> 4 plant plankton > > seation > 2 Complete the sentences. 1 Alltiving things are part of food — 2 Fruit and vegetables contain keep us healthy. 3 Herbs and 4 Many modem medicines are made from that were first found in plants. plants take carbon dioxide from — that make our food taste good. 5 Inthe the air, 6 Some plants cannot grow ifthe o “rs 3 Complete the chart olives mouse wheat oxygen sea lion catbon dioxide com hamburgers Cereals Gases Food ‘Animals 4 Order the words. 1 nothing /we /eat./ plants, /have/to/Without / would 2 the /food /are /at /chains. of /start/ Plants /al 3. grow /rainforests./are / plants / used / that /for/Many / medicines /in 4 can/plants./ water /Polluted / damage 5 collect /buy /Some /trees. /money /to /charities, 6 trees /use./Finland / the /replace / that /and Canada /they(7) Protecting Animals (€Faa23) 1 Complete the sentences. wsects habitat hunters leather ivory pollen bacteria soit 1 __are very tiny. 2 We use animals to give us 3 Beetles and ants are 4 Many flowers need make seeds, 5 Worms help to keep the healthy. {6 When we cut down trees in the rainforest, we destroy the ‘of many animals 7 Kill some animals for money. 8 Elephants’ tusks are made of {rom another flower to 2 Write true or false. 41 Animals help us in many different ways. —true_ 2 Wool and feathers come from plants. — 3. Some animals help with farm work. —_ 4 Some insects carry pollen. = 5 Bees help us by making compost. — 6 Animals are safe in wildlife parks. 7 Hunters can kill animals in national parks. — 3. Answer the questions. 1. Why must we protect animals? Because they help us in many ways, 2 What do bees get from flowers? 3 What do bees make? 4 What will happen to polar bears if too much ice at the North Pole melts? 5 What can tourists see at safari parks? 6 Where can rare animals be kept safe? 4 Complete the sentences. 1 Honey is made __ by bees, (make) _— for food. (raise) to help with farm work. (use) 2 Many animals 3. Some animals. 4 Inthe past, many elephants for their tusks. hunt) 5 Many rare animals in 200s. (keep)The Way Forward (€)gesa35) 1. Write the words. Then complete the sentences. modern st f r ptct ee_ 1 1 Some people think that _modern_city life is bad for Earth 2 We must __Earth for the future. fe 3 We should not use too many of Earth's natural too quickly. 4 Some houses get energy from panels on the roof. 5 We can turn off lights to save 6 The people of Tuvalu are worried about their 2 Correct the sentences. 1. Some people think that we should live in large villages. 2 Some new houses have solar panels on the door. 3. When we go shopping, we should think carefully about what we sell. 4 We can increase waste by recycling as much as possible. 5 The people of Bangladesh are happy about their future, 3 Circle the correct words. 1 We must /mustn’t be greedy. 2 We can try to use /not to use our cars too much. 3 We must / mustn't think carefully about what we buy. 4 We can /can’t turn off lights to save electricity. 5 We must / mustn't take too many fish from the oceans. 6 ‘We can /can't give money to charities that care for the planet. We have to /don’t have to change the way we live now. 8 We have/don’t have much time to reduce global warming. 4 Complete the sentences. clean millions travel technology everyday villages energy lights food 1 Some people think that we should tive in small stow our own on the land, and not _ far. 2 Other people think that new can help us to find new, ___ways to travel and make 3 In our_____ tives we can help the planet in smalt ways. We can tum off and we can try not to use our cars too much. If of people do small things, this will make a difference.After Reading (€)@83:55) 1 Check your answers to Activity 1, page 3. beautiful 6 igher 2 Complete the puzzle. 14 ay 2 1 ate tiny animals that we ‘can't see, 2 We need water to drink 3 Coal and oil are fuels. 44 We can turn off lights to save 5 Plants give us to breathe. 6 Fruit and vegetables contain ~ that keep us healthy. 7 Plants are at the star of ‘every food —. 8 People in sunny countries can use solar — to heat water. ® water 2=warmer 3~ clean 4= bigger ay 54 9 We should walk and cycle more, because is good torus 10 Global is making our ‘weather more extreme. 11 You can see lions and ‘elephants at — parks in Arica, 12 __is melting atthe North ‘and South Poles. 413 Earth gets heat from the 14 Beetles, fies and ants are 3 Write the words. Then find and write the page. 1 Planes powered by solar energy don’t have any space for these, passengers _ 2 Every American produces 2 kilograms of this every day. 3 These animals were killed because people could sell their tusks fora lot of money. 4 Earth gets heat from this. —__ '5 We must not take too many of these from the oceans, 6 These are at the start of all food chains. 7 These use energy from the wind to make electricity 8 About 70% of Earth is covered with ths. 9. Many fish and birds die if they eat lone of these. 10 Bees camry this from flower to flower. 11 We make this gas when we use fossil fuels. 412 This fuel can be made from nuts, com, and other plants. age4 Complete the sentences. 1 Itisn’t good 10 throw away too much waste, We can reduce waste by SiN _a compost bin. (throw / use) 2 The Zephyr solar plane can fly without __ for 83 hours. (stop) 3. Some people think i's wrong — plants for fuel. grow) 4 Some cars use electicity instead of _gasoline. (use) 5 W's difficult__plastic bags. (recycle) 6 Walking or cycling are better than Ina car.(sit) 5 Complete the sentences. Use the words in the box. will lose willhhave reduce willhave-to use melts gets willsave have to will use 1 If the sea level____gtis __ much higher, the people of Tuvalu _will have to move to other countries. 2 Ifwe _____our natural resources carefully, we them for along time. 3 If people _ pay for plastic bags, they them less 4/Ifwe___ global warming, we millions of plants, 5 If too much ice at the North Pole _, polar bears their habitat 6 Complete the chart. Good or Gad? Why? + make dean electri + decompose very sowly + belp us to theow aay lees vaste + put alot of carbon Aside into the aie Ait AMAA Plastic Bags | They're _bad_for the planet, because We should try to use bags thal are 4 | they decompose very slowly . made of natural material Wind turbines | They're for the planet, because We can Cars Theyre . because BHO) | westouay - Compost bins | They'te because We cana | 1 ht row wor you totem i beck? ike) Our Pla net 3 Which onimoss you lam abou? Ce vee animals) 4 Which placa es you lam abe? (Hie hoe places) ineesingboot OOO teesngeoer OOO ieetngpitue OOO tuntowras OOO heh boot o you want oreo? OXFORD