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  • Flaura and Fauna.

  1. Say if the sentences are true or false.

    1. Animal diversity in the UK is rather small.

    2. Most animals live in the highlands.

    3. Red fox has become almost extinct.

    4. The British hunt for deer.

    5. The most popular farming county in Great Britain is Kent.

    6. Rodents are numerous in Britain.

    7. The British like gardening.

    8. Oak forests are typical in lowlands.

    9. Moorland is in the highlands.

    10. ¼ of the land in Great Britain is arable.

  1. Choose from the following plants the ones that are grown in the UK

  • Lupin

  • Thistle

  • birch

  • Barley

  • wheat

  • oak

  • cottonwood

  • maples

  • ashes

  • elm

  • willow

  • fur tree

  • hazel

  • pine

  • clover

  • sunflower

  • palm

  1. Choose from the following animals those, that live in the UK

  • Cow

  • Fox

  • Deer

  • Bear

  • Rodent

  • Kangaroo

  • racoon

  • Koala

  • Souslik

  • badger

  • Rhino

  • Squirrel

  • Beaver

  • Rat

  • Hedgehog

  • Shrew

  • Bison

  • Rabbit

  • Goat

  1. Answer the following questions

  1. What are the typical plants in the UK?

  2. What animals can you meet in the UK?

  3. Is farming important in Great Britain? Why?

  4. What is the chief Britain’s livestock?

  5. How many farms are there in the UK?

  6. How much land is arable in Great Britain?

  • Climate and weather in the uk.

  1. Say if the sentences are true or false.

    1. The climate of the British Isles is moderate continental.

    2. The British Isles are washed by the Gulf Stream.

    3. Gulf Stream is a warm stream that comes from the north and the west.

    4. The winds that come to the British Isles are dry.

    5. The relief doesn’t influence the distribution of temperature and precipitation.

    6. The temperature in the north and the west is lower than in the east and the south.

    7. The average annual rainfall in Britain is about 2, 000 mm.

    8. The weather in Great Britain is very changeable.

    9. The annual temperature in England is about + 14.

    10. There is more precipitation in the lowlands than in the highlands.

  1. Answer the following questions.

  1. What is the climate in the UK?

  2. What is the difference between climate and weather?

  3. What is the climate influenced by?

  4. What makes seasonal contrasts small?

  5. What is the influence of the sea?

  6. What is Gulf Stream?

  7. What influences the distribution of precipitation?

  8. What and how influences the distribution of temperature?

  9. What is the average rainfall in the UK?

  10. What is the average annual temperature in different parts of the UK?

  1. Complete the sentences.

  1. The climate in the UK is …

  2. The average annual temperature in the UK is…

  3. The seasonal contrasts are small because of …

  4. The winds come from….

  5. The rainfall in the highlands is…

  6. In Ireland the precipitation is usually in the form of…

  7. The average annual precipitation in the UK is about…

  8. The average winter temperature in the UK is…

  9. The normal summer temperature in the UK is…

  10. Monthly climatic statistics show that…

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