Belarusian Nature
What are the national symbols of Belarus shown in the picture?
Cornflower, bison, emblem
Where do rainforests grow? Choose one: in cold countries / near the equator / in deserts
near the equator
What is one of the signs of air pollution? (Choose one: smoke from factories / birds singing / flowers blooming)
smoke from factories
Where does most plastic waste end up? (Choose one: in parks / in rivers, seas and oceans / in forests)
in rivers, seas and oceans
What is the Past Participle (V3) of the verb "cut"?
Cut
Why is Belarus often called "blue-eyed"?
Because there are many lakes in Belarus. / Because the country has 10 thousand lakes.
Why are rainforests called "the lungs of our planet"?
They keep the air clean / produce oxygen
Name three things that people pollute.
air, water, land (soil, rivers, oceans...)
How many tons of plastic are dumped into the ocean every year?
8 million tons
Make the plural form: one wolf – two ______, one deer – many ______
wolves, deer
What is the highest point in Belarus? How high is it?
Mount Dzerzhinskaya, 346 metres
Name three things that rainforests give us.
wood, rubber, fruits, medicines
What is acid rain?
rain with harmful gases
Translate into English: Пластик убивает морских птиц и животных.
Plastic kills seabirds and sea mammals.
Make a question in Present Perfect: you / ever / eat / cranberries / ?
Have you ever eaten cranberries?
Name 3 national parks of Belarus.
Belovezhskaya Pushcha, Braslav Lakes, Pripyatsky, Narochansky
How many species die out every day because rainforests are disappearing? a) 70, b) 137, c) 200
137 species
Complete the sentence: Factories ______ waste into rivers.
dump
Why are fish suffering from plastic?
They eat it and it damages their stomachs.
Complete the sentences with YET or ALREADY:
I haven't visited Brest Fortress ______.
She has ______ seen a bison.
yet, already
What animals can you find in Belarus? Name 5.
foxes, deer, rabbits, hedgehogs, hares, squirrels, beavers, sparrows, pigeons...
How much of the land on our planet do rainforests cover? Why is this territory so small?
Rainforests cover only 6% of the land. Every year an area of rainforest as big as the Czech Republic is destroyed / cut down.
What does pollution do to animals and fish? Give two examples.
It destroys their habitat. It kills them. It makes them ill. It damages their stomach.
Give two ways to fight plastic pollution.
Use cloth bags. Recycle plastic bottles. Use metal or glass bottles.
Translate into English, using YET or ALREADY:
Я уже посетил три национальных парка в Беларуси.
Ты еще не видел зубра в Беловежской пуще?
1. I have already visited three national parks in Belarus.
2. Haven't you seen a bison in Belovezhskaya Pushcha yet?