Environmental
problems
Forest fires
The extinction of plants
and animals
FLOOD
POLLUTION
WHAT NEED WE DO TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS?
PLANTING TREES
PREVENTING WASTES – WASTE OF SOIL, WILD-LIFE, MINERALS…
PASSING LAWS BANNING HUNTING AND FISHING
CONSERVATION
WHAT IS CONSERVATION?
CONSERVATION IS THE PROTECTION OF NATURAL THINGS
Unit 10: CONSERVATION
We__________ recycle paper, bottles and clothes
We __________ destroy tropical rainforests
We ___________cut down trees
We ___________save water and energy
should
shouldn’t
shouldn’t
should
Eliminate (v): remove or get rid of completely
Elimination (n)
2. Variety (n):
3. Hydroelectric Dam (n):
VOCABULARY
Play an important part:
Ex : Mathematics plays an important part in schools
5.Valuable (a):

6. Appear (v) ≠ Disappear (v) – disappearance (n)
8.Defence (n)
TASK 1: Match the word in A with a definition in B.
TASK 2: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
Each year about fifty hundred species of plants and animals are eliminated
Many kinds of plants could be used to treat dangerous diseases
Water can be held on land by vegetation
F
T
T
4. Man is constantly doing harm to the environment
5. Plants can cause floods and erosion.
6. We can do nothing to save the earth.
T
F
F
TASK 3: Choose the most suitable idea for each paragraph.
We cannot live without water
Let’s do something to save the earth
Forests give us a lot of valuable things
Vegetation can help conserve water
1. What is the consequence of losing forest?
The loss of forest is destroying the earth
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:
Man and most animals need a constant supply of water to live.
Farmers need water for their crops.
2. How important is water on earth?

3. What should we do for the future of our planet?
We should stop polluting rivers and seas and stop the disappearance of plants and animals.
Para A: Forests give us a lot of valuable things
Para B: We cannot live without water
Para C: Let’s do something to save the earth
Para D:
Vegetation can help conserve water