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    Exercise 1

    Read
    the following
    opposite page.
    articde about the Great Bamier Reef, and then answer the questions

    The Great Barrier Reef


    Austrelia's Great Barrier Reef is one af turtdes or dolphins. Reef sharks are also a
    the world's most outstanding natural common sight they are the size of a
    wonders. The main part of the Bamier human but relatively harmless.
    Reef lies some 60 kilometres off the
    easterm coast of Australie, and it takes 90 Shallow waters
    minutes by speed boat to reach it. f you are not a strong swimmer, take a
    tour that brings you toa coral island
    The open sea rather than the open sea. There you can
    Many cruise companies offer trips to the fioat on the sparkling blue sea and look
    Reef, and the cost generally includes down on orange and white striped
    meals and talks from marine clownfish that swim slowly over the top o
    experts as well as snorkelling the coral.
    and scuba diving equipment
    For an extra charge, On land
    larger tour operators Most of the islands that form the Barrier
    also offer small Reef are covered in rainforest, and many
    glass-bottom boats, which are now nationel parks. Here you will find
    provide you with a magnificent colourful butterflies and lizards. Heron
    glimpse of underwater life without Island is particularty welknown for its
    heving to get your feet wet. migrating green turtles, which arrive
    between November and March and lay
    You can easily learn the basic skills of their eggs in the sand.
    snorkelling. especially if you are They are quite
    accompanied on a "snorkelling safari" by happy to do this
    experts in marine biology. They will give even though the
    you fascinating insights into coral ife. beach is very close to
    Coral needs plenty of sunlight and grows human habitation.
    near the surface, so you may just be
    satisfied with snorkelling on, or just below, Finally, 26 of the islands offer
    the surface, if you don't want to accommodation and provide a good
    scube-dive aternative to staying on the mainland. It
    means that you are closer to the Reef
    But scuba-diving is an exciting experience itself (although it is still a boat journey
    and well worth the effort. Once you are away), and the islands offer a full renge of
    underwater, you can see around 400 activities for those wanting to be
    varieties of coral as well as thousands of entertained on land as well as under
    fish species, and larger creatures such as water.
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    (a) Where exacty is the Great Barrier Reef?

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    (b) Apart from equipment for water sports, what is included in the price of a trip to the
    Reef? Give two details.

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    (d) What is essential for the growth of coral?

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    Exercise 2

    Read the following article about how human activity is threatening the natural world, and the
    the questions on the opposite page.

    MAKE ROOM FOR ALL SPECIES


    Humans have more than doubled in number in half a century and that is why there is
    less room for other species. People are taking other species' living space to grow their
    food and taking other species' food to feed themselves. People are exploiting nature
    trading in It and squeezing it to the edge of existence and beyond. Often the choice
    is hard: should money be spent on saving species or on feeding people?
    Recently the World Conservation Union said that more than 12.000 species faced the
    risk of extinction. This includes one bird in eight, 13% of the wold's lowering plants and
    25% of all mammals.
    Trees help humans by absorbing carbon dioxide: this is the main greenhouse gas
    given off by human activity. Many other species help keep humans alive. They purify
    water, fix nitrogen, recyce nutrienis and waste, and pollinate crops. Plants andd
    bacteria camy out photosynthesis, which produces the oxygen we breathe.
    Number ofl endangered species
    1000
    800
    600
    400
    200
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    Tropical cone snaills contain toxins which may well be able to treat some forms of
    cancer and heart problems. One toxin may be a thousand times more powerful for pain
    rellef than the drug morphine. But milions of cone snais are now killed annually for thelr
    shels and their habitats are under threat. Most conservation effort aims at protecting
    birds and mammals, creatures like the panda. yet it could be said that litle species are
    just as important, lke soil mictobes. for example. They're the least known species of all.
    Nature has its own design and human beings should respect this. In the Amazon
    Rainforest, for example, brazil nuts grow extremely well but an experiment to produce
    them in plantatio aled because the trees only produce a good crop in the forest
    Take them out of the forest and they will not produce nuts. Even worse, people are not
    just removing individual species from the region, Ihey are destroying the entire forest.
    Researchers estimate that by 2020 less than 5% of it will remain untouched. By the
    same date it is thought that about 20% of central Africa's forests will have gone, and
    the forests of Indonesia are also disappearing fast.
    Some species are not dsappearing. In 1953 there were about 2.5 billion human
    beings, now there are more than 6 billon. However, humans must realise that
    ensuring other species keep their living space is essential: it is the only way
    that we too will ensure survival.
    (a) What is the main reason why other species are under threat of extinction?

    (b) What could money be spent on? Give two options.

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    (c) What do plants and trees do that is essential to human life? Give two details.

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    (d) Why might it be impossible to use cone snails to treat cancer patients? Give two
    reasons.

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    (e) According to the diagram, in which country are there 400 endangered species$?

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    (0Why were no brazil nuts produced on plantations?

    () How much of the Amazon Rainforest will stil be unaffected by human activity in 2020?

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    (h) What evidence is there that at present humans are not facing extünction?

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