Environment 5 5B Chose the best definition for each adjective.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 5C weather-pummelled: subtle: jagged: translucent: scarce: radical: reflective: aquatic: aesthetic: overlook (attacked / protected) by the weather (obvious, loud and simple / not obvious, but quiet and clever) (flat and smooth / rough and sharp) (clear / not clear) enough for light to pass through (rare / common) (obvious / extreme) (thoughtful / colourful) involving or connected to (water / art) (unpleasant / pleasant) to look at melt dismantle fund inspire rant recede

Use the words below to to complete the definitions.

collaborate donate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

to __________________: to __________________: to __________________: to __________________: to __________________: to __________________: to __________________: to __________________: to __________________:

have a view of give someone enthusiasm to create something move away, disappear make loud, wild or angry noises change from a solid to a liquid work together take apart, take to pieces give, usually for a particular use or cause pay for, support financially

Sciences 1 1A Rearrange the letters to make a word that fits in the gap. 1) romnfic 1 2 3 4 5 6 1B 2) elraunc 3) iantedorig 4) steeelnm 5) alltaducec 6) risotb

We need to find more evidence to _________________ the theory. Do you think they should build more reactors to produce _________________ power? The idea of atoms __________________ in the work of Democritus in ancient Greece. Water is composed of two __________________: hydrogen and oxygen. It has been __________________ that about 9,100 stars are visible with the naked eye. Mars _______________ the Sun in a period of 687 days. Match each word or phrase to the correct definition. planet Solar System supernova

exoplanet 1 2 3 4

________________: one of the very large objects like the Earth that go around the Sun ________________: an exploding star which can be seen in the night sky ________________: the Sun and all the objects that go around it. ________________: a very large object that goes around a distant star

brightness 5 6 7 carbon 8 9 10 11 1C

mass

position

________________: exact location of an object ________________: amount of light produced or reflected by an object ________________: weight of an object helium hydrogen iron

________________: a chemical element found in coal and diamonds ________________: a light gas sometimes used as fuel ________________: a common metal used in steel to make cars etc. ________________: a light gas sometimes used to fill balloons Write the verbs from below in the correct form in each gap. demote enter expand

convert 1 2 3 4 1D 1 2 3 4 5 6 1E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 We

are entering / were entering / have entered a very exciting period in space exploration.

As you put gas into the balloon, it _________________ because of the pressure. How do you __________________ miles into kilometres? As we have learned more about the universe, the Sun has been _________________ in importance. Each of these verbs forms a noun ending in -ion. Write the nouns. accuse apply calculate convert destroy erode ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ 7 8 9 10 11 12 expand expect observe produce recognise solve ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

Write a noun from the previous exercise in the correct form in each gap. Even with the naked eye, observations of Mars show that it's a dark red colour. I don't accept the ___________________ that exploring space is a waste of money. He won the Nobel Prize in ___________________ of his work on nuclear power. The valley was created by a process of __________________ over millions of years. We didn't have any ___________________ that we would find life on the planet, but we did! The _________________ of the ozone layer is perhaps the biggest problem facing us today. I'm pleased to inform you that your ___________________ to study medicine has been successful. I'm sure we'll find a ___________________ to the problem if we try hard enough.