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Unit6 Earth First
Starting Out & Understanding Ideas
Facts about environmental problems Your guess Actual number
________square kilometers of forest disappear every year
________trees are cut down each day to make toilet paper
________species of plants and animals become extinct each day
________animals are killed by ocean pollution each year
________people have no access to clean drinking water
A plastic bottle can take _______ years to break down
The ice caps are more than _______% thinner than they were 40 years ago
Have a guess
Activity1 Watch the video and figure out the actual number
Facts about environmental problems Your guess Actual number
________square kilometers of forest disappear every year
________trees are cut down each day to make toilet paper
________species of plants and animals become extinct each day
________animals are killed by ocean pollution each year
________people have no access to clean drinking water
A plastic bottle can take _______ years to break down
The ice caps are more than _______% thinner than they were 40 years ago
Activity1 Watch the video and figure out the actual number
130,000
around 25,000
around 150 to 200
over 1 million
1 billion
450
50
Activity2 Compare your guess with the actual number and answer the questions.
Which of the facts in the video do you find most alarming?
What does the video want to tell us?
It wants to tell us that severe environmental problems we are facing nowadays make our future uncertain.
It’s time for everyone to take action now and make our planet a greener and safer place for our future generations.
worrying, disturbing
Facts about environmental problems Environmental problems
_____________square kilometers of forest disappear every year
________________trees are cut down each day to make toilet paper
__________________species of plants and animals become extinct each day
______________animals are killed by ocean pollution each