CLIMATES AND LANDSCAPES OF THE WORLD

cLANDSCAPES OF THE WORLD

CLIMATES OF THE WORLD Tick the correct box CLIMATES HOT TEMPERATE (MILD) COLD Oceanic Equatorial Mediterranean Tropical dry season Polar climate Arid climate Continental

2) What is a shrub/bush? and a tree? and grass?

3) Match these photos with the names of the different landscapes: Jungle, tundra, desert, savannah, deciduous forest, evergreen forest, taiga, prairie Evergreen forest / mediterranean forest Jungle / rainforest desert Deciduous forest savannah taiga tundra prairie

4) Match these climates with the landscapes on exercise 3: CLIMATE LANDSCAPE EQUATORIAL CLIMATE Jungle / rainforest DRY SEASON TROPICAL CLIMATE savannah ARID CLIMATE desert MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE Evergreen forest OCEANIC CLIMATE Deciduous forest CONTINENTAL CLIMATE Prairie / taiga POLAR CLIMATE tundra

5) Match these pairs of opposites. cold evergreen arid dry high temperatures moderate rainy low temperatures deciduous extreme humid hot

6) Environmental problems Match these problems with the photos: Global warming, Air pollution, water pollution, waste, deforestation, loss of biodiversity (endangered species) Air pollution Global warming Water pollution deforestation waste Loss of biodiversity

7) ENDANGERED SPECIES These animals are endangered, which means they are in danger of going extinct. Humans are destroying the landscapes where they live or are killing them. Match the names with the pictures. Tiger, elephant, penguin, giant panda, blue whale, sea turtle, koala bear, cheetah, rhino, polar bear, gorilla, sea lion, rhino tiger elephant Blue whale gorilla Giant panda Polar bear cheetah koala penguin Sea lion Sea turtle 8) Why are these animal species disappearing? True or False The temperature of the earth is changing but this is good for the animals. Animals that live in seas and rivers are dying because of the garbage people throw into the water (water pollution) Animals are dying because humans are destroying the forests where they live by cutting trees. Humans are building more and more, but the spaces where animals live are protected. War hurts humans and also animals.

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