GOING GREEN (1) On the door of the children`s zoo at Whipsnade (UK) there_____ a sign that calls your

attention to a worrying fact. a. is b. are c. am. It says: Homo Sapiens. Its habits______ endangering the survival of all other species. a. change. b. put c. increase. (2) This unfortunately _____quite true. a. looks b. looking c. looked. Man has developed a highly inconvenient behavior that threatens the __________itself. a. sun b. planet c. water. For many years it has been threatening and __________many plants and animal species. a. saving b. protecting c. destroying. Now he may be threatening the survival of his own descendants. The world is becoming hostile and barren as a result of wastes, ________and mismanagement. a. rubbish b. pollution c. air. (3) Going green is becoming a serious concern for government authorities and corporate business, but not yet by the man in the______. a. house b. school c. street. Going green means becoming __________of the impact of our daily activities in the health of the planet and to change our habits accordingly. a. aware b. attentive c. worried. These are some of the things that can be changed: (4) Rubbish. We produce an excess of rubbish. Most of that garbage is _________ and toxic substances like old batteries and household chemicals. a. plastics b. metals c. coal Authorities recommend a lower use of plastics and encourage the habit of home__________. a. recycling. b. chancing c. taking care We should classify our home rubbish. Organic substances ( like__________) go into one bin. a. chemicals b. food wastes c. non-degradable Non- degradable substances go into a different one. (5) Fuel consumption habits. Unnecessary bus or car rides and cars with big, hungry engines increase the output of________into the atmosphere. a. oxygen b. hydrogen c. CO2

This gas is rapidly__________ the planet. a. warming b. cooling c. frozen The last years have seen dramatic climate changes that must be stopped or reversed by going green. (6) Energy replacement. Wherever possible, we should try to change from fossil fuels (coal, petrol, gas) to other___________ like wind or sun as a source for our energy consumption. a. sources b. elements c. resources. But above all, we must change our way of thinking. We must become aware of our responsibility in preserving the_________. a. planet. C. life c. plants

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Puts in danger the survival of all the other species. The world is becoming Going green means Organic substances Recycling is Non-degradable substances. The____________ gas We can change fossil fuels These elements are destroying the planet Examples: Warms the planet. By: Examples: