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Quiz «How green are you?»

1. separated the trash into organic / inorganic, paper / plastic etc?

2. taken your paper, metals etc. for recycling?

3. left lights on after you have left a room in your house?

4. tried to educate people in your neighborhood about eco-issues?

5. burnt rubbish in your garden on a sunny day?

6. got your parent to drive you less than a kilometer to university/ to a friend? 7. done clean-ups on lakes and rivers in your local area?

8. built habitats for wild animals in your garden or local park?

9.joined Greenpeace, WWF or another eco-organization?

10. planted trees, flowers or edible landscaping in your community?

11. campaigned against cruelty to animals or hunting?

12. organized an environmental meeting at your university?

13. been on a demonstration about an environmental issue?

14. used your bicycle or your legs instead of a car?

15. got your parents to buy low-energy light bulbs, high-efficiency appliances?

(Score: one point for «yes» in all the questions, except 3,5,6).

Unit 4. Global warming

1. Read and comment on the following quote. In your opinion, is global warming reality or is it just a myth?

«Is human activity bringing about alarming global warming scenarios and related catastrophes? Or is such thinking a myth brought about by flawed or incomplete science? Finding the answers to these questions has turned global warming into a highly politicized and contentious issue».

Do you know what global warming is? Think about a definition for it, formulate your idea and write it down. Then compare your definitions with your group mates and find out the most accurate one.

2. Now take this quiz and find out who knows more about global warming!

1. Which of these is a possible effect of global warming?

a) warmer winters.

b) more heat waves and droughts.

c) increased coastal erosion.

d) all of these.

2. Which of these gases may be contributing to global warming?

a) methane.

b) carbon dioxide.

c) nitrous oxide.

d) all of these.

3. What evidence do scientists have that global warming is a problem?

a) The world's temperature rose about 1°F in the 1900s.

b) Glaciers, or ice sheets, are melting at the North and South Poles.

c) Temperatures are rising in Antarctica.

d) All of the above

4. Which of the following could be an effect of global warming?

a) Sea levels could rise and coastal areas could be flooded.

b) Higher temperatures could cause violent weather.

c) The world could get colder.

d) Both A and B

5. To reduce global warming, scientists are…

a) issuing reports that show evidence of global warming.

b) researching alternative sources of energy.

c) developing ways to make cars and factories run more cleanly.

d) All of the above

6. When will we be experiencing the effects of global warming?

a) in about 10 years' time.

b) not for another 50 to 100 years.

c) we may be experiencing them already.

d) never.

Now compare your answers and discuss the differences.

3. Read the words, find the Russian equivalents and write them down:

a) To warm, to compose of, to reflect off, to trap, harmful, to contribute, cause, overpopulation, effect; to consume; flooding; threat; deforestation, to increase; to produce; to include; population; to predict; to disappear; to aim; to reduce; emission; to prevent; to encourage.

b) Нагревать, отражать, перенаселение, обезлесение, исчезать, предотвращать, уменьшать, угроза, предсказывать, увеличивать/ повышать, вредный, причина, потреблять, поощрять, затопление, состоять, задерживать, способствовать/содействовать, производить, последствие/результат, выделение, направлять/нацеливать, население.

Now use any of these words to make up three true sentences on the topic Global warming. Write them down.