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LISTEN & SPEAK.

Charts A Take the quiz. Circle the letters of the correct answers. Then listen and check your answers.
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9.3-9.5 1. Which of the following is a major problem facing the world’s oceans?
O a. Overfishing c. Pollution
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b. Building in coastal areas d. All of these things

2. Which of the following has been linked to climate change on Earth?
a. Droughts (periods with little or no rainfall) c. Melting ice caps

b. Flooding d. All of these things

3. On average, what are your chances of being struck by lightning in any given year?
a. | in 7,000,000 c. 1 in 70,000

b. 1 in 700,000 d. 1 in 7000
4. How many pounds of wild fish and shellfish are removed from the ocean every year?

a. About 700,000 pounds c. More than 170 billion pounds

b. Less than 170 million pounds d. About 100 million pounds
5. How big was the biggest wave that has ever been recorded?

a. 12 feet (4 meters) c. 75 feet (23 meters)

b. 30 feet (9 meters) d. 90 feet (27 meters)
Listen again. Then write the answers to the questions in your notebook.
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1. What is happening to Earth’s oceans and the species that live in them?
2. What is happening to rainfall patterns and melting polar ice?

3. What role do activities such as golf and mountain climbing play during a thunderstorm?

4. Why are there fewer fish and shellfish in the ocean every year?

5. What caused the biggest wave?

Work with a partner. Discuss your answers from exercise B.

A: The ocean and its species are being harmed by pollution.
B: Thats one problem. Another is overfishing.

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