UNIT 9: Ecotourism (An Ocean of Garbage)

UNIT 9: Ecotourism (An Ocean of Garbage)

IBI FPK Class C ~NAShofah

READING: An Ocean of Garbage

Vocabulary Preview

Multiple Choice

to stay on or near the surface of water

• chemicals

• float (v.)

• wrapping

• plastic

• recycle

Multiple Choice

a cover that people use to protect things

• chemicals

• disposable

• wrapping

• plastic

• break down (v.)

Multiple Choice

to fall apart into small pieces

• factory

• disposable

• wrapping

• chemicals

• break down (v.)

Multiple Choice

to change something so that it can be used again

• factory

• disposable

• break down (v.)

• chemicals

• recycle

Multiple Choice

building(s) where people make things

• factory

• disposable

• plastic

• chemicals

• recycle

Multiple Choice

a material used to make bottles, bags, toys, etc.

• disposable

• factory

• plastic

• recycle

• chemicals

Multiple Choice

materials, some of which are dangerous to health

• plastic

• factory

• disposable

• wrapping

• chemicals

Multiple Choice

able to be thrown away after using a short time

• plastic

• break down (v.)

• wrapping

• disposable

• chemicals

READING: Grammar Practice

Complete the paragraph by choosing the correct words.

Multiple Choice

With so many factories that make disposable toothbrushes, pens, cans, bottles and wrappings, garbage _____ a very big problem in our world today.

• is

• are

• were

Multiple Choice

You may think that garbage is everywhere. Well, _____ right.

• your

• you're

• yours

Multiple Choice

It is everywhere! A good (and scary) example of this is the ‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch _____ first discovered by scientists _____ the 1980s.

• were, on

• is, at

• was, in

Multiple Choice

It is an area of floating garbage in the Pacific Ocean that is about the same size as Texas. _____ are many kinds of garbage in the Garbage Patch, but plastic bottles and bags, and other things made of plastic cause _____ problem.

• They're, biggest

• There, the biggest

• Their, bigger

Multiple Choice

‘What’s the problem?’ you may _____. First, plastic bottles and bags may take hundreds or maybe even thousands of years to break down. Second, plastic is made from chemicals. As the plastics break down over time, chemicals enter the water – and enter the fish _____ live in the water.

• ask, that

• asked, who

• asks, where

Multiple Choice

_____ chemicals can make the fish sick, and they can also make the people _____ eat the fish sick. So … what can we do?

• These, what

• These, who

• Those, where

Multiple Choice

There are many things we can do! We can clean _____ our oceans, we can stop making so many things from plastic, and we can recycle more. The important thing is to do _____!

• over, somewhere

• up, something

• over, something

Choose ‘T’ (True) or ‘F’ (False)

to each statement.

Multiple Choice

Factories are a big problem.

• T

• F

Multiple Choice

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is near Texas.

• T

• F

Multiple Choice

Garbage made from plastic is a serious problem.

• T

• F

Multiple Choice

Scientists discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch hundreds of years ago.

• T

• F

Multiple Choice

Chemicals can make both fish and people sick.

• T

• F

Multiple Choice

There are many things we can do to fix this problem.

• T

• F