Assignment 1
Read the assignment and write down the answers in English. You may use English-language Internet sources to help you.
a A tree is a tall plant. Name at least 5 other plants or parts of plants.
b A big wildfire is burning in the Giant Forest in California. It is in the Sequoia National Park.
Find the Sequoia National Park on a map. Make a screen shot of the location or print it.
| General Sherman
“General Sherman” is the name of the world’s largest living tree. It is a sequoia. It stands in the Giant Forest in California. Wildfires are now burning there. They seem to be getting worse each year. Read more about the latest fire danger here. |
Assignment 2
Read the text. Connect the words and expressions that have the same meaning in the text.
| 1. giant trees | a. 200 km2 |
| 2. to wrap | b. to cause to happen |
| 3. wildfires | c. to cover something by putting a piece of material around it |
| 4. massive | d. fires in wild areas that spread very quickly and can cause great damage |
| 5. sequoia | e. in danger, especially of animals or plants that are in danger of dying out |
| 6. intense | f. a long period of time with very little or no rain |
| 7. substance | g. a material of a particular kind |
| 8. to trigger | h. material used to cover something up |
| 9. seeds | i. move or become near or nearer to something |
| 10. endangered | j. to remove things from an area or a place to make it empty |
| 11. to approach | k. small pits made by a plant from which new plants can grow |
| 12. wrapping material | l. very large |
| 13. 77 square miles | m. very strong |
| 14. to clear | n. very tall tree which grows in California |
| 15. drought | o. very, very big trees |
Assignment 3
a True or false? Sequoias …
1 … all have military names.
2 … belong to the largest trees in the world.
3 … can become larger than 300 feet.
4 … can become more than 3000 years old.
5 … have killed nearly 14% of the people in California.
6 … normally die by falling over.
7 … start many wildfires.
b Wildfires can sometimes help sequoias. How?
1 They clear large areas which make it easier for fire fighters to protect the trees.
2 They help spread the tree seeds and new trees can grow in the place of burnt down trees.
3 They kill the sick trees and make space for new kinds of sequoia trees.
4 They trigger the making of a substance called tannin which helps to keep wildfires small.
c How are the fire fighters protecting the trees? Select all the right answers.
1 They are counting all the wrapping material that they will need.
2 They clear areas around the trees.
3 They have made two fires grew together to become one massive fire.
4 They put special chemicals in the ground to make the trees stronger.
5 They use planes and helicopters to drop water in the area around the trees.
6 They wrap the trees with a special material made of aluminum.
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