SOME MORE TASKS

                                         1. How do people disturb animal habitats? What do you think?

           Animals living in the mountains: People disturb their habitats by______________       

in the forest: People disturb their habitats by ______________

in the rainforests: People disturb their habitats by ______________

in the rivers/lakes: People disturb their habitats by ______________

in the sea: People disturb their habitats by ______________

in the ground: People disturb their habitats by ______________ 

        2. Read Mark's story and fill in the blanks with the correct tense.

Hi! My name is Mark and I want to tell you my sad story. Yesterday I _________ (go) for a walkin the forest. I felt very upset when I _________ (see) that some people _________ (cut) down a lot of trees. The forest sounded silent because the birds _________ (fly) away and many small animals _________ (leave).The water in the little river was purple as the people ________ (throw) some toxic waste in it. I _________ (never feel) so disappointed and I _________ (decided) to do something to protect the forest. Do you want to help me?

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CARETTA CARETTA

This information is about the caretta caretta. Read it and fill in the blanks. Use these words, but be careful! You may have to change the word!

lay, come, run, travel, weigh, live, be

ΤΑYΤOΤΗΤΑ

Επιστημονικό όνομα: Caretta caretta

Κοινό όνομα: Χελώνα Καρέττα, Θαλασσοχελώνα

Βάρος: Περίπου 90 κιλά

Μήκος: Περίπου 1 μέτρο

Χρώμα: Το όστρακό της είναι κόκκινο-καφέ

Βιότοπος: Ζάκυνθος, παραλίες Δ. Πελοποννήσου, Κρήτη, Κεφαλονιά, Ρόδος

Αναπαραγωγή: 115 αυγά κατά μέσο όρο ανά γέννα, με περίοδο επώασης έως 66 ημέρες

Κύριες απειλές: Καταστροφή ή υποβάθμιση των περιοχών ωοτοκίας λόγω ανεξέλεγκτης τουριστικής ανάπτυξης, εμπλοκή σε αλιευτικά εργαλεία, ρύπανση των θαλασσών 

• Oι θαλάσσιες χελώνες ενηλικιώνονται ύστερα από 20-30 χρόνια και ζουν ως και 100 χρόνια.
• Η καρέττα φτάνει τα 80-90 εκατοστά μήκος και ζυγίζει ως και 100 κιλά.
• Η φωλιά έχει 30-50 εκατοστά βάθος. Τα αυγά έχουν μαλακό κέλυφος με σχήμα και μέγεθος μπάλας του πινγκ-πονγκ.
• Κάθε 2 με 3 χρόνια η μητέρα χελώνα γεννάει ως και τέσσερις φορές το ίδιο καλοκαίρι, από 80 ως 110 αβγά τη φορά στη διάρκεια της νύχτας.
• Τα χελωνάκια, σε περίπου δύο μήνες, βγαίνουν από τη φωλιά μετά τη δύση του ήλιου ή τα ξημερώματα.
• Η φωτεινή γραμμή του ορίζοντα και η κλίση της παραλίας τα βοηθούν να τρέξουν προς τη θάλασσα.  

1. A sea turtle ....................... a hundred years
2. It ....................... 90-100 kilos
3. The colour of its shell ....................... red-brown
4. It ....................... to beaches on Zakynthos, Crete, Kefalonia, Rhodes and Peloponnesus
5. It ....................... about 80-115 eggs
6. A baby sea turtle ....................... out of the egg hole in the night or very early in the morning
7. A baby turtle ....................... to the sea

Monachus monachus

Read the information about the seal Monachus monachus, an endangered species and fill in the blanks. Use these words:

fish, 300, grey, Mediterranean, forty-five, one, Greece, three, brown 

Monachus monachus

Monachus monachus lives in the.....................................Sea. Its colour is............................ or............................ It lives............................. years. It is.................................................... metres long and weighs ........................ kilos. It eats octupuses and squid. It has ................... baby (pup). There are only 250 Monachus monachus seals in ............................... today.

CARETTA CARETTA

Read and find out: "Where does caretta caretta lay its eggs?"

......... the loggerhead sea turtle or caretta caretta lives in the Mediterranean Sea and nests in Greece. It is about one metre long and weighs about a hundred kilos. Its shell is red-brown, it has got lungs and breathes air and moves with its front and rear flippers. It lays its eggs on land, on beaches in Zakynthos, Peloponnesus and Crete. Each sea turtle lays about 115 eggs every two or three years, but there are many dangers for the baby turtles. Only one out of a thousand baby sea turtles survives and there are only about 4,000 caretta caretta sea turtles in Greece today..




 Look at the information about the loggerhead sea turtle and match the phrases:

1) caretta caretta lives	a hundred kilos
2) caretta caretta lays	with its front and rear flippers
3) caretta caretta breathes	in the Mediterranean Sea
4) caretta caretta nests	its eggs on land
5) caretta caretta moves	air
6) caretta caretta weighs	in Greece

 

MEDITERRANEAN AREA

Task: Look at the photos and match them with the country in the Mediterranean area and
the problem.

PHOTOS

COUNTRIES AND PROBLEMS

	Turkey Too much lumbering reduces forests
	Lebanon Violence and war destroys the natural environment
	Italy People cause fires
	Greece Building development threatens forests

WAYS TO PRODUCE LESS RUBBISH (BUBBL.US)

WAYS TO PRODUCE LESS RUBBISH

Οδηγός του καλού επισκέπτη στο Ζαγόρι

Οδηγός του καλού επισκέπτη στο Ζαγόρι

Αν θέλετε να σταθείτε για να ξαποστάσετε δίπλα σε ένα ποτάμι ή στο δάσος, αποφεύγετε τη

χρήση σαπουνιών ή άλλων ουσιών που ρυπαίνουν και απειλούν την ευαίσθητη χλωρίδα και

πανίδα της περιοχής.

Όταν απολαμβάνετε μια βόλτα στη φύση, καλό είναι να είστε εφοδιασμένοι με μια σακούλα για

τα απορρίμματά σας. Τα σκουπίδια είναι μεν στοιχείο του σύγχρονου πολιτισμού μας, δεν έχουν

όμως καμία θέση στη φύση.

Αποφεύγετε τη δυνατή μουσική, τις φωνές ή την πρόκληση δυνατών θορύβων. Η φύση παίζει
τη δική της ωραία μουσική.

Σε κάποιες ταβέρνες της περιοχής ίσως σας προσφέρουν παράνομο κυνήγι (π.χ. αγριόγιδο ή

ζαρκάδι), σε «αλμυρή» βέβαια τιμή. Αρνηθείτε να καταναλώσετε παράνομο κυνήγι, καθώς έτσι

ενθαρρύνετε την εξαφάνιση της σπάνιας άγριας πανίδας της περιοχής από επαγγελματίες που

θησαυρίζουν εις βάρος όλων μας.

Αποφεύγετε να κόβετε λουλούδια καθώς, εν αγνοία σας, μπορεί να κόψετε ένα από τα σπάνια,

προστατευόμενα και ενδημικά φυτά της περιοχής.

PROBLEMS	ADVICE

        

SAVE OUR PLANET ( BUBBL.US)

MEDITERRANEAN FORESTS (TASK)

Διαβάστε το ακόλουθο κείμενο και βρείτε την επεξήγηση των λέξεων με τους
υπερσυνδέσμους στο αγγλοελληνικό λεξικό wordreference.

Mediterranean Forests

The Mediterranean is one of the most important regions in the world for its forests. These forests

are situated in an area between the European, African and Asian continents and are very

important for their biodiversity features – plants and animals.

But the Mediterranean forests are under threat. One of the most serious threats is fires. This

has caused serious problems in the area during the last few decades. Other general threats to

the Mediterranean forests are:

Climate change

Droughts and floodings

Extensive building development

Atmospheric pollution

ANSWER KEY

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mcLlTSltcpGpUuzPnXYjZItoxW_E1tUD/view?usp=sharing

SAVE OUR PLANET

What Can I Do?

What Can I Do?

Mark came back from school very sad. His mother looked at him and said: 'You look very sad. It seems that you had a rough day. What happened?'

"Today, in science, the teacher was talking about Earth Day and the environment. Earth Day is a day when every person promises to do something to protect our world from pollution. Mrs. Green was telling us that many companies do not do their best in order to get rid of their industrial waste. She said that our world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are becoming extinct. She wants us to think of something we can do to help. On the way home, I thought that there is nothing I can do. I can't stop the companies from polluting our air and dumping toxic waste in the sea and I can't save all of the animals! There is not anything that I can do to make a difference."

Mark's mother sat for a minute, thinking. "Let me tell you a story that your grandfather told me. I don't know where he heard it, but I think that it might help you think about the problem in a different way." She began:

"One morning a man was walking down a beach covered with dying starfish. The night before the tide had been especially strong and had washed up thousands of starfish on shore. The man was sorry that all the starfish would die on the beach. He came upon a boy who was throwing starfish back into the ocean as fast as he could. The boy was out of breath and it was obvious that he had done a lot of work as he looked tired.

"Son," the man said, "you might as well quit. There are thousands of them. There is no way you can make any sort of a difference."

The boy did not even stop in what he was doing. He kept bending and throwing but as he did, he spoke to the man: "I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one."

And the man knew the boy was right. He began to help return the animals to their home, and kept thinking that sometimes little children can teach elderly people real lessons in life.

Mark stared at his mother. "But he did make a difference, didn't he? To every starfish that he threw back in?" His mother nodded, smiling. He sat for a moment, thinking about what his mother had said.

"So, what it means is that even though I can't change everything, I can make a big difference by doing the little things that matter?"

A.Read the story and the following sentences. Which one summarises the main idea of the story?

1. There is nothing we can do to save the world.

2. Animals and plants will disappear in a few years

3. We can't change everything, but there are things we can do to protect the environment.

B. Read the text again and tick ☑ the correct answer.

1. What were Mark and his classmates learning about in school? a. maths b. history c. grammar d. protecting our environment 2. Why was Mark sad when he went home from school? a. He didn't know how to do long division. b. He didn't think he could help our environment. c. He wanted to go for a walk to the beach. d. He was disappointed with his friends.

3. What did Mark's Mom do to help him understand how he could help to save the environment? a. She talked to him. b. She called his grandfather. c. She told him a story about a boy on the beach. d. She took him for a walk. 4. When the old man saw the boy on the beach a. the boy had already thrown some starfish in the sea. b. the boy was resting. c. the boy had caught some fish. d. the boy had given up.

C. Find words from the story which mean:

1. The air, water, and land on Earth. ______________________________

2. When air, water, soil etc. are dangerously dirty and not suitable for people to use. ______________________________________

3. Throw away. __________________________________

4. Chemical material that factories throw away. ____________________________________

5. Type of animal or plant that does not exist any more. ______________________________

6. Putting something somewhere in a careless, untidy way. ___________________________

7. A flat sea animal that has five arms forming the shape of a star. _____________________

8. To give up. __________________ ____________________________

HOW GREEN ARE YOU?

HOW GREEN ARE YOU?

Fill in the blanks with the correct word:

animals, healthy, birdfeeder, tree, paperbag, lights, shower, cans, waste, TV, water, glass 

1. Don't leave the ___________ running when you are brushing your teeth.

2. Take a ___________ instead of a bath.

3. If you litter, ___________ will eat the garbage and get sick.

4. Don't __________ paper. You can write on both sides of it.

5. Planting just one ________ can save the sky from smoke from factories.

6. Turn off the _________and _________ when you are not in the room.

7. Keep the oceans clean so the fish will stay __________ and safe.

8. Make a __________. The birds in the city have a hard time finding enough food to eat.

9. Recycle your __________ and __________.

10. Use a ______________ instead of a plastic one.

EARTH DAY'S BIRTHDAY

Earth Day is a Birthday! Just like a birthday is a special day to celebrate a person, Earth Day is a special day

that celebrates the Earth. Earth Day was born on April 22, 1970, in San Francisco, California. Every year, different countries join together in the celebration of Earth Day on April 22nd.

Earth Day is the largest, most celebrated environmental event worldwide. On Earth Day, we remember to appreciate nature and learn ways to protect our environment. Find ways that you can help keep the planet clean and help protect our environment.

DO YOU LOVE OUR PLANET?

LET US THINK ABOUT THIS

RECYCLING

Mediterranean Forests

Mediterranean Forests

The Mediterranean is one of the most important regions in the world for its forests. These forests are situated in an area between the European, African and Asian continents and are very important for their biodiversity features – plants and animals.





But the Mediterranean forests are under threat. One of the most serious threats is fires. This has caused serious problems in the area during the last few decades. Other general threats to the Mediterranean forests are:




Climate change


Droughts and floodings


Extensive building development


Atmospheric pollution