5. Top 8 environmental issues that face the
planet:
Loss of Biodiversity
Deforestation
Climate Change
The Earth is Crying
Pollution
Population
Ozone Layer Depletion Over Fishing
Water
7. Have you ever thought of the role of water in
our life?
Do you know that only 1 % of the world water
is fresh and it should be enough for everyone?
8. Learning the vocabulary – Team Work
Match the vocabulary with the correct definition and write a–h next to the numbers 1–
8.
1…….. sanitation a. really surprising, shocking
2…….. countless b. to not have (or not have enough of) something
3…….. to lack c. systems to take away sewage and keep water clean
4…….. glaciers d. large areas of ice that move very slowly
5…….. teeming with e. completely full of something (especially life and activity)
6…….. staggering f. too many to count
7…….. diarrhoea g.a condition that occurs when the body does not have enough
water
8…….. dehydration h.an illness that makes you pass waste from your body very often
and in liquid, not solid, form
10. Check your understanding: multiple choice
1. All living things …
a. are 60% water.
b. contain water. c. need to drink.
2. 97% of the water on Earth is …
a. frozen b. drinking water. c. salt water.
3. One out of eight people …
a. has to search for fresh water every day.
b. has no toilet.
c. dies from a lack of clean water.
4. Many women have to …
a. go days without water. b. find clean water.
c. walk a long way to get
polluted water.
5. This time could be used …
a. at school, work, or planting and building.
b. looking after sick children.
c. finding better water.
6. A child dies from a water-related illness …
a. every 20 seconds. b. every 20 minutes. c. every 20 hours.
11. Fill the gaps with the correct number from the box
97 2 70 7 3 8 1 60
1. The human body is up to _______________ % water.
2. _______________ % of the Earth is covered with water.
3. _______________ % of the water on Earth is salt water.
4. _______________ % of the water on Earth is frozen in
glaciers and ice caps.
5. Only _______________ % of the water on Earth is fresh
water.
6. There needs to be enough water for all _______________
billion of us.
7. One out of every _______________ people on Earth
searches every day for fresh water.
8. A human can only survive _______________ days without
water.
13. What would you do and how would you feel if
there were no running water at your homes
for more than a week?
- It could be a real catastrophe if we hadn’t running water
for a few days. But what should the people say who have not
running water at all and who spend lots of time to go and
get some water, walking long distances and waiting in long
queues? Just think about it. Unfortunately, we do not
estimate the value of water and very often we waste it in
vain without even thinking. And our task is to remember that
we all need water to survive.
14. A game “you are environmentalists”
Making a project
15. The time has come to start
understanding the value of water before
a world without clean water becomes a
terrible reality. Everything depends on
us.
