Save the Earth: Acid Rain & Pollution - Spotlight 7 Module 8a

Save the Earth
Spotlight 7
Module 8a
NEW VOCABULARY:
a power station\factory
NEW VOCABULARY:
toxic fumes
NEW VOCABULARY:
factory waste
NEW VOCABULARY:
acid rain
NEW VOCABULARY:
polluted clouds
NEW VOCABULARY:
loss of natural habitats
NEW VOCABULARY:
air, water and soil pollution
NEW VOCABULARY:
fish and plant species dying
Ex. 1
Which of the following can
you see in the pictures?
a power station/ factory
toxic fumes
factory waste
acid rain
polluted clouds
loss of natural habitats
air, water and soil pollution
fish and plant species dying
Answer the questions:
What is acid rain?
What does it cause?
What effects does it have?
What sre the governments doing?
What can we do?
Find the definitions of the words and phrases
in bold:
• burn
• emit
• oxygen
• atmoshere
• sleet
• wipes out
• poisons
• harmful
• reduce
• dangerous
• the chemical element with the symbol O
• a combination of rain and snow
• damages
• make smth become smaller in amount
• send out toxic gases
• the mixture of gases arount the world
• consume fuel and give off heat
• destroys completely
Use the phrases to complete the sentences:
Acid rain is very harmful to the environment.
1. ...............
factory waste is dumped into this river.
2. A lot of ...............
3. Chemicals cause .......................
soil pollution .
Solar power
4. .........................
Is enviromentally friendly.
plant species
5. Many ...............
are in danger of dying out.
natural habitats
6. Forest fires cause many animals to lose their ................
.
toxic fumes
7. How can I avoid breathing .................
from cars while cycling in
the city?
Hometask:
• Ex. 7 p.77
• Collect information about what we can do to solve the problem of
acid rain and present it to the class. Draw pictures to show some of
the thing we can do.