Part 4

The orange colour shows a grammar subject from the Basics. You can click the Basics tab on the left to find the explanation.

The blue colour shows words that might be new or difficult. You can use an online dictionary to find the meaning. You can add these to your personal word list.

Questions in English will be answered in English. Questions in Dutch can be answered in English and Dutch.

Task 1 - Global Warming

Before watching the video, make sure you understand all these words and word combinations:

Clink on the link and watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko6GNA58YOA

1. What do cars, power stations and planes produce? What is the name of the gas?
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2. Do planes produce more or less CO2 than cars?
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3. Do we have a lot of CO2 in the air?
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4. What is climate change?
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5. What can destroy the coral reef and make fish go away?
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6. Are there any possible ways to protect plants and animals? What can we do?

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Decide if these sentences are true or false              

7. When people use lots of cars CO2 doesn’t go up into the air.

8. The air is hot because of the CO2 blanket.

9. Cyclones are big storms.

10. We can still use cars instead of cycling and walking to places, planes instead of buses and leave the lights and TV sets switched on when we are not in the room.

Task 2 - Browsing, Reading and Answering                                                                                                               

Click on the link below. http://climatekids.nasa.gov/
First, browse through the website to get a global understanding of what this site is about.

Answer these questions.

1. For whom is this text intended?
2. What is this website about?
3. Kijk naar de verschillende menu’s, de plaatjes en de verschillende tussenkoppen van de teksten. Als je iets wil weten over hoe dieren omgaan met het broeikaseffect, op welk menu zou je dan moeten klikken?
4. Decide whether the statements are True or False.

• This internetsite is owned and designed by NASA                                                                                          T/F
• If you want to look up information about tigers, this site is helpful.                                                                 T/F
• If you want to do a Science Fair project, you have to click on the button which is called ‘Make Stuff’                 T/F
• If you want to plant a butterfly garden, you have to click on the button which is called ‘Watch videos’               T/F

Task 3 - Imperative

Vul de zinnen hieronder aan met een imperative (gebiedende wijs). Deze gebruik je om aan te geven dat iemand iets wel of niet moet doen.

Let op: Als je iets niet moet doen, staat het woordje “not” erbij.

1. ………………………………………………………… (to be) kind to all animals.

2. ………………………………………………………… (to throw + not) trash on the ground.

3. ………………………………………………………… (to hurry) up.

4. ………………………………………………………… (to wash) your hands often.

5. ………………………………………………………… (to swim + not) in this lake.  

6. ………………………………………………………… (to brush) your teeth before going to bed.

7. Please ………………………………………………………… (to wake up + not) the hedgehogs during hibernation.

8. ………………………………………………………… (to drink) enough water every day.

Task 4 - Positive or negative?

Maak de positieve imperatives negatief en de negatieve imperatives positief. Schrijf de volledige zin op.

1. Make a sandwich with cheese, tomatoes and lettuce.

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2. Don’t sit down.

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3. Give her a new book.

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4. Knock on the door.

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5. Don’t be quiet!

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6. Call me when you get there.

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Task 5 - Reading: Lemur moms                                                                                                                                                   

Click on the link: https://climatekids.nasa.gov/lemurs/

Read the text and answer the questions below.

1. Look up what the following words mean and translate them into Dutch.

1. Waarom gaat het moeilijk worden om een lemuur te zien in het echt in de toekomst?

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2. Waar leven ze?

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3. Vanwege het warmer worden van de aarde, veranderen de regenpatronen. Wat houdt dit in voor de lemuren moeders?
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4. ‘When there is less rain, fewer babies survive’. What do you think that this sentence means? Answer in Dutch.
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5. In droge jaren moeten de lemuren moeders meer planten eten. Waarom?

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6. Waarom is het lastig voor ze om meer planten te eten?

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7. Leg uit, in je eigen woorden, waarom het een probleem is voor de lemuren dat de aarde opwarmt?
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Task 6 -  Some & any

Maak de zin af door het juiste antwoord in te vullen. Gebruik hiervoor some of any.  

1. Do lemurs eat ..... plants?
2. They do ..... climbing every day.
3. Have you got ..... apples?
4. No, we haven’t got .....
5. However, we do have ..... tangerines.

Task 7 - Your own answers

Bedenk zelf een aantal Engelse zinnen. Zet deze vervolgens in het juiste rijtje bij some of any. Er is al een voorbeeld gegeven.

Task 8 - Reading: Birds and climate change                                                                                                       

Click on the link: https://climatekids.nasa.gov/extreme-weather-birds/

Read the text and answer the questions below.

Look up what the following words mean and translate them into Dutch.

1. Dickcissels (bird) are not common in certain parts of Northern America. Which parts?
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2.  Why did they move to these parts?
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3. Why do fewer birds show up in places they call home?
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4. Scientists use two types of satellites. Which ones?
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5. ‘These satellites can measure things like temperature, precipitation and evaporation, and cloudiness.’ What does this mean? Translate this sentence.
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6. What do they use these satellites for? Explain how this works.
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7. Hunters, scientists, amateur birders are collecting data. What do they use this date for?
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8. Why is the work of scientists so important?
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Task 9 - Reading: How do we know the climate is changing?                                                                                                         

Click on the link: https://climatekids.nasa.gov/climate-change-evidence/

Read the text and answer the questions below.

Look up what the following words mean and translate them into Dutch.

1. How are these alarming changes spotted? In other words, how are we able to see these changes?
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2. How many degrees did the earth’s temperature rise in the last century?
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3. Explain how it is possible that the Earth is getting warmer.
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4. What do the scientists use the ice cores for?
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5. When is the arctic ice at its smallest?

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6. What are glaciers?
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7. What is the main reason why global sea level is rising?

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8. What is the main reason why chipmunks, marmots and bears wake up early during their hibernation?
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9. Explain why many trees in the Western U.S. also suffer from the climate change.
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