Unit 5 Science: Now and the Future

Match the following terms and definitions.

• able to be maintained at a certain rate or level

• navigation

• the science of planning and following a route

• eco-friendly

• transmitting information and communicating electronically

• economical

• not harmful to the environment

• sustainable

• careful about spending money or using resources

• telecommunications

Match the following terms with their definition.

• the total amount of greenhouse gases that are generated by our actions

• carbon-neutral

• having a balance between emitting carbon and absorbing carbon from the atmosphere

• carbon footprint

• a thing made by combining two different elements

• renewable

• can be replaced when needed

• artificial

• made by human beings and not by nature

• hybrid

In ​ (a)   , the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) was ​ (b)   by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid in Dubai to support ​ (c)   and technology in the Emirates.

• 2015
• founded
• science
• 1957
• launch
• industry

The centre, and its 68 ​ (a)   , want to create a new ​ (b)   in the Emirates.

• engineers
• space industry
• satellites
• technology

Its projects include the Emirates Mars Mission and ​ (a)   . Dubai and Abu Dhabi have both ​ (b)   two satellites into space and the MBRSC is preparing to launch a fifth satellite, KhalifaSat, in ​ (c)   .

• satellite technology
• launched
• 2018
• space
• 2015
• founded

The party's at the weekend, ​ (a)   more people can come.

• when
• who
• where
• whose
• which

My cousin, ​ (a)   you met last year, just got married.

• who
• where
• when
• whose
• which

We visited the museum, ​ (a)   we all bought something.

• where
• when
• whose
• which
• who

She offered me a coffee, ​ (a)   was just what I needed!

• which
• when
• whose
• who
• where

He works with his parents, ​ (a)   company makes furniture.

• whose
• when
• who
• where
• which