U.11-Listening

* List some kinds of energy that you use in your houseEnergy used in Your house gas petroleum solar electricity water coal... Sub-task: Missing WordsYou’re going to listen to an article

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* List some kinds of energy that you use in your house

Energy used in Your house

gas

petroleum

solar electricity

water

coal

Sub-task: Missing Words

You’re going to listen to an article on natural resources There’s a missing word in each sentence What is it? Listen and find out.

1- The natural resources that are necessary for life are the air,

the………., the sun and the land.

2- The resources must be……… because they are vital

for life.

3- Ecologists study the importance of the natural………

and how to use them carefully.

4- Resources are divided into 2 groups: renewable and

………

5- A resource is called renewable if it can be………quickly.

6- If the soil is protected and………., grass for animals will grow quickly.

7- All fossil…………are non-renewable resources.

oceans

protected

resources

non-renewable

replaced fertilized

fuels

* Task 1: Listen and complete the sentences by circling the letter A, B, C or D.

1- Ecology is the study of ………

D- human beings and their environment

2- The natural environment consists of………

C- all natural resources

3- If the resource can be…………., it is called renewable

D- replaced quickly

A- human beings and animals

B- the environment and solar energy

C- natural and alternative resources

D- the air and the ocean

C- divided properly

4- Grass for animals is a……….resource.

B- nonrenewable

C- limited D- clean

A- renewable

5- According to the passage, coal is nonrenewable because it takes ……… to make it

A- billions of years

B- millions of years

* Task 2: Fill in the blanks with the missing

words

Solar energy, air, and water are renewable resources because

there is (1)……… supply However, this definition may change if people are not careful with these resources The

amount of solar energy that reaches the earth depends on the (2)

……… If the atmosphere is polluted, the solar energy

that reaches the earth (3)…………be dangerous If life is going to

Continue, the air must contain the correct amount of nitrogen (N),

oxygen (O), carbon dioxide (CO2), and other (4)………… If

Humans continue to pollute the air, it will not contain the correct

(5)……… of these gases

unlimited

atmosphere

may

gases mounts

•Which group do these sources of energy belong to? Put a tick in the right column.

Sources of energy Nonrenewable Renewable

Coal

Geothermal heat

Petroleum

Solar energy

Oil

Wind energy

Gas

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Time is over, Goodbye!