Save the planet Vocabulary 1. Match the problems with the pictures. What causes them? Why is Earth in danger?
1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
pollution global warming deforestation animals in danger rubbish
a) b) c) d) e) f)
temperatures go up and the polar ice melts. weather changes and the sea gets warmer. animals lose home and can’t find food. cars and factories pollute air and water. people pollute land and make lots of waste. forests disappear.
2. Complete the phrases with the verbs. Say which is good or bad to do? Why?
listen to / ride / take / water / cut down / watch / hunt / eat 1) _____ plants 2) _____ the radio and _____ TV at the same time 3) _____ organic food
4) 5) 6) 7)
_____ _____ _____ _____
trees a bike animals a bath
3. What can we do to take care of our planet? Read and fill in the blanks in the statement with the words from the columns.
There are 3 ways to make the Earth a greener place: ___, ___ and ___.
When people reduce, they use less of something that means less waste.
When we reuse we use the same things again, like using both sides of the paper.
We can recycle or create new materials from old ones like glass, plastic and metal.
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