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300 Possible Habitable Worlds in the Milky Way Galaxy

I. Check the meaning of these words: 

earth  /  evolve  /  environment  /  evolution  /  unlikely  /  however  /  diversity of life

II. Watch the video up to 0:32 minutes and answer the following question:

Why is the Earth the best planet for us? 

III. Why do you think life can exist on the Earth? In pairs, think about possible reasons.

IV.Watch the second part of the video and complete the reasons why there’s life on Earth with the missing word.

surface                            habitable                      oceans                      atmosphere             magnetic                 cosmic rays                moon                        solar

 

  1. We’re located in the ____________zone of a main-sequence star that doesn’t produce too many killer __________ flares.
  2. We’ve got a thick _______________filled with oxygen and nitrogen that we can breath
  3. The planet is large enough so that it’s still molten in its core with a rotating ball of iron that maintains a planetary _______________ field. This combined with a thick atmosphere protects the surface of the planet from _____________, the worst of ultraviolet radiation from the Sun and deadly solar storms.
  4. We have plate tectonics that constantly recycle material on the _____________ of the planet bringing fresh chemicals up from its interior.
  5. We have a relatively large _____________ which probably keeps our planet more stable in its axial tilt with tides that helped early life-forms transition from the oceans to the land. But not too big a moon.
  6. We have huge ______________that help regulate the climate of the planet moving warm waters to cooler regions to make them more diverse and habitable.

 

IV.In pairs, write the introduction of your article on a Google Doc.

 

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50 years of Internet (II)

I. How many things can you do that depend on the Internet nowadays? Note them down.

II. Before you watch the video, say whether these sentences from video 1 are true or false:

    1. Internet was invented in 1969
    2. It was invented in the University of Florida.
    3. The first message was LOGIN and then the system crashed.
    4. The fathers of the Internet are two men and one woman.

III. This words will appear in the video. Look them up in the dictionary.

 dial-up modem / kick-start / develop / worm / outbreak /

computer security / web server / web browser / storage

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50 years of the Internet (I)

The Internet has turned 50 years old. Do you know when, where and who invented it? 

I. We’re going to write an article for our magazine about the 50 years of Internet. Before you watch it: do you know the meaning of these words?

lab / router / lo and behold (used to express surprise) / available / device

II. Watch the video and answer these questions in groups of three.

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The Disaster that Wiped Out Dinosaurs

I. What do you know about how dinosaurs became extinct?

II. Check the meaning of these words with your partner. Then match the words to the definitions:

 seismic waves   /   ejector cloud.   /    volts of static electricity     /     electrical storm

  1. to strike
  2. to deflect
  3. to shake
  4. to ripple
  5. ground
  6. to attempt
  7. neighbouring
  8. to take shelter
  9. unrelenting
  10. hail
  11. mist
 a. to move in small waves

b. to protect themselves

c. to hit someone or something

d. thin fog

e. the surface of the earth

f. to change direction

g. small, hard balls of ice that fall from the sky like rain

h. to try to do something

i. near or next to somewhere

j. to make quick, short movements from side to side or up and down

k. extremely determined; never becoming weaker

III. Watch this video from the Science Channel that brings to life the asteroid striking earth and the aftermath. Answer the following questions:

  1. To what magnitude does the earth shake when the asteroid strikes?

2. What do animals do when the earth starts shaking?

3. At what speed does the ejector cloud approach?

4. What temperature does the air reach in Mongolia?

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