Vocabulary Unit 8 • LEVEL 1

•REINFORCEMENT• 3 Circle the correct answer.

1 Complete the table with the words in the box. 1. A(n) drought / earthquake happens when it
doesn’t rain for a very long time.

farm tractor palm tree Amazon 2. When there is a(n) flood / earthquake, the
peak oxygen trees backpack land moves violently.
rainfall hedge climb desert 3. There are often volcanic eruptions / floods
cocktails sea nomad camel when it rains extremely heavily.
plants beachchair oasis cottage 4. Thunder / Hurricane is another name for a
tropical cyclone.
5. Thunder / Lightning is the noise made when
countryside mountain range rain forest
air heats and expands rapidly.
farm
6. When there is a lot of electricity in the air,
we can see thunder / lightning.
7. When a mountain explodes, this is called
a(n) volcanic eruption / earthquake.
sand dune tropical beach

2 Find these natural features in the word

search.

island plateau valley waterfall

cave crater canyon hill

M R U F R I T X Z J V A S N A
R E T A R C M U N O K P O O K
E J H F X W I M X G W Y B R W
X T K P F A P A O C N W S Z P
K H O N V T F H T A E P L L X
C N O B G E P Z C G F M A Y Q
F J J G M R G Z B O Q T Z E P
J F N M P F E Z E L E E Y L R
J V E P X A G W U A H P R L M
P Q L T E L X A U D F I Q A H
T M O J B L F T S X N Y L V R
I L J C A V E O J J X A N L B
S X U U B D I T V A F Q L T A
K U N J L M B B U Q O Z Z S L
D K M Q M T O R A J F K B Y I

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 Vocabulary Unit 8 • LEVEL 2

•CONSOLIDATION• 2 Complete the sentences with the words in

the box.
1 Read the clues and replace the underlined
words with a word of similar meaning. Then
do the crossword. lightning volcanic eruption floods
Across drought hurricane earthquake thunder

1. At present there are no facts or signs that

there is life on other planets. 1. A(n) drought happens when it doesn’t
3. He was a dedicated student of volcanoes. rain for a very long time.
2. When there is a(n)  , the land
4. Seven different types of birds of prey have moves violently.
been observed in this area. 3. There are often when it rains
7. The best part of the trip was the fantastic extremely heavily.
variety of things we saw, like the mountains 4. is another name for a tropical
and deserts. cyclone.
8. They own 4,047 square meters of farmland. 5. is the noise made when air heats
and expands rapidly.
6. When there is a lot of electricity in the air,
Down we can see  .
2. The North’s share of the world’s energy 7. When a mountain explodes, this is called
consumption is expected to go down from a(n)  .
70% to 60%.
5. Disease is an unavoidable result of poor 3 Read the clues and unscramble the letters to
living conditions. make a word about a natural feature.
6. Hedges are an important part of the 1. Capitol, Vatican, and Kremlin are all
landscape in Britain. names of lishl hills

2. Vesuvius, Etna, and Mount Saint Helens are

1 2
all names of osvonacle
3. Niagara, Victoria, and Iguaçu are very
3 famous werlfatals
4. Death, Grand Canyon, and Loire are some
4 5 of the most famous lysleva in
6 the world.
7 5. Altamira, Mammoth, and Lascaux are
names of well-known vesca
6. Easter, Christmas, Ibiza ,and Britain are
names of slindas

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 Vocabulary Unit 8 • LEVEL 3

•extension• 5. can travel up to 500 mph (800

kmh). When they arrive on land, the
1 Match the words in the box with the
waves can move rocks that weigh 20 tons,
definitions.
hundreds of meters.
6. The main problem caused by is
tornado avalanche tsunami famine that the land starves and too many mineral
hailstorm blizzard epidemic salts are formed. Therefore the land loses its
nutrients.

1. a large mass of snow, ice, and rocks that 7. It is estimated that more than 70 million
falls down the side of a mountain people died during the 20th century
because of  . Around 30 million of
avalanche
them died in China from 1958-1961.
2. a severe snow storm
8. is actually hotter than the sun.

Every year in the U.S., about 100 people die
3. a storm when a lot of frozen raindrops fall because they are hit by
as hard balls of ice
9. During a very heavy in
Bangladesh, the balls of ice weighed up to
4. a situation in which a large number of 1.02 kilos.
people have little or no food for a long time 10. The energy produced by one in
and many people die one second is more than that produced by
several atomic bombs.
5. a disease that spreads quickly and kills a lot
of people 3 Match the natural features in the box with the
places (1­­­–6).

6. a very large ocean wave that flows over the

land and destroys things islands waterfalls hills
valleys volcanoes caves

7. an extremely violent storm consisting of air

that spins very quickly and causes a lot of
1. Capitol, Vatican, Kremlin
damage
hills

2. Vesuvius, Etna, Mount Saint Helens

2 Complete the sentences with a natural
disaster. 3. Niagara, Victoria, Iguaçu

1. In Britain earthquakes happen on average
every four days. 4. Death, Grand Canyon, Loire

2. There are 1,511 active volcanoes in

the world. Around 10% of the world’s 5. Altamira, Mammoth, Lascaux
population live near one and are therefore
in danger of a  . 6. Easter, Christmas, Ibiza, Britain
3. In Britain there are more per
square kilometer each year than in North
America.
4. In Britain, five million people live in low
areas which are often  .

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