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Unit 1: Coasts
Q1. Answer the following questions:
1. How does the sea influence the coast?
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Q3. Give examples from your book to describe how the sea could shape the
coast and mention some features that you may find on coasts.
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Q4. Match the name of the seashore with the correct feature:
___ a. Part of the seashore that is called headland
1. Rock stacks that is high above the sea; it has cliffs that are
dangerous to use.
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2. Mudflats
the main shore.
___ c. Weak waves in some parts of seashore cannot
3. Sandy beaches
move mud that creates meters of mudflat.
___ d. Beach that is covered with single; the sea didn't
4. Shingle banks
make sand from it yet.
___ e. Seashore made up of very tiny pieces of rock.
5. Steep cliffs
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Q5. Distinguish whether the sentences are true or false, write your answers in
the table below:
1. There are different types of seashore.
2. The changes made by a rough sea to shape the coast happen very slowly
and take over hundreds of years.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Q6. Choose the correct answer and right your answer in the table below:
1. The sea shapes the coast; as the waves pound away at the coast they
2. __________ its shape.
a. Change b. stop c. don’t
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3. As the sea wears away the land, it makes headlands and _____________.
a. Seas b. rivers c. cliffs
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Q9.Write whether the following statements are True or False and correct the
false ones:
1. Lots of different plants and animals live on the seashore. (------------)
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2. When waves crash into the land over a long time, they can break rock down
into smaller pieces. (------------)
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6. In the upper beach you can find rocks, shingles, and pebbles (------------)
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7. The Tide and slope of the beach make different zones and habitats (---------)
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8. Groynes are built to stop waves washing away the beach. (------------)
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9. Concrete walls and boulders are built to hold back the waves (-----------)
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10. The tide comes up the beach and goes out again four times a day. (…….)
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11. The tide and slope of the beach makes different zones and habitats. (………)
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12. Caves could be found on the lower beach. (…………)
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13. Rock pools, shingle and pebbles could be found at the cliff face. (…….)
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14. Seashore is a habitat for different Plants and animals. (………)
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b) They will break down part of the cliff face in few hours.
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Unit 2: Rivers
Q1. Correct the underlined word in each sentence:
1. Rivers begin as large streams in hills and mountains.
Q2. Complete the sentences using six words from the box:
Q3. The River Nile is very important. From What we studied; how do people use
rivers? (Mention at least 3 uses other than drinking)
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Q4. The Nile River goes through a long Journey till it reaches the sea. What
happens to the Nile River right before it meets the Mediterranean Sea?
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Q5. List five of the methods used to test whether rivers are clean or not:
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Q7. Children from school in Kingston upon Thames, went on a walk along the
River Thames. Describe what did they find out. (Features of Thames River).
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1. Can you Find the estuary on top of the mountain? Explain your answer?
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2. The Nile River starts as two rivers, mention these rivers and where do they
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Q11. Complete the missing blanks in the paragraph using the words in the box:
Sea - East Africa - Kabalega Falls - Khartoum - Lake Victoria -
valley
The Blue Nile rises in the mountains of _______________. The White Nile comes
from __________________. It then flows over the _________________.
The two rivers meet at city called ________________. From there the Nile flows
in a ________________ across the Sahara Desert and empties in to the
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4. The Aswan High Dam was never built on the River Nile
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Q14: Write whether the following statements are True or false and correct the
false sentences:
1. Aswan high dam uses the Nile water to make flood (----------)
6. The source of the river is where Sammy the salmon can taste salty water.
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Q 15. Mention the stages Sammy the Salmon went through in his river journey.
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Word Meaning
1. Hurricanes are ____ a period of dry weather without rain.
3. Some forecasts give a more general idea of the expected weather over the
next ____________.
a. Year b. week
a. Drought b. Blizzards
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Q6. Answer the question for each type of activity and type of weather in the last
column:
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Q7. Write (True) or (False) and correct the (False) in the table below:
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Q8. Choose the correct answer:
1- Which of the following weather terms is used interchangeably with 'extreme'?
a. Severe
b. Catastrophic
c. Violent
2- Extreme weather events are caused by weather itself. Which one of the
following events is NOT a weather event?
a. Blizzard
b. Earthquake
c. Tornado
3- A blizzard is a dangerous storm with high winds and lots of
a. Rain
b. Snow
c. Thunder and Lightening
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Unit 4: Towns
Q1. Complete the sentence using the correct word from the box:
Ways of moving around - Cities - Homes - Move - Towns - Smaller
Places to buy things - Places to work - Schools and hospitals - Plan
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6. People move to towns because they want to visit the circus more often. (………)
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7. Most Towns started off as Villages. (………)
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8. New towns were built to give people from cities a better life. (………..)
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9. Towns are smaller than villages and larger than Cities. (………..)
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10. Grid square is a pattern of planning towns. (…………..)
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11. Industrial towns began as places where people came to sell their crops. (………)
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12. Crossing points grew around bridges or places where routes intersected.
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13. In ports, people go to spend holidays by the seaside. (……….)
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1. Market towns ____ Towns were built in gaps in the hills or where there
was a bridge over a river. They have important
transportation places.
2. Strong points ____ Towns were built for the people who worked in
(crossing points) nearby factories or mines.
4. Seaside resorts ____ All along the coast towns have been built around
harbours where ships can load (fill with large amount of
something) and unload their cargoes (goods carried on a
ship or airplane) safely.
5. Ports ____ Towns were built next to the seas and oceans to let
people go to the coast for their holidays.
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2- Market towns:
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2- “We got our food from Two Primary sources”. Clarify what are the two
sources referred to in the previous sentence. Explain your answer.
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3- “In the past we could only get fruit and vegetables when they were in
season. Now you can buy them all the time. When the harvest stops in
one country, it starts in another”. Explain how crops are Imported from
one country to another. Describe every stage briefly in on sentence.
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4- Fair Trade is a way of buying and selling products that makes certain that
the people who produce the goods receive a fair price. In your opinion,
Does Fairtrade have a positive or negative impact on the market? Why?
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2. All parts of the country are good for keeping cows. (………)
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Q6. Complete the following diagram with the stages of Importing Food:
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2. Some old buildings aren’t knocked down because they are interested and
important for the history (……….)
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3. One of the tools to improve building is making surveys and taking photos.
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4. Improving towns gives it a new edge that will attract more visitors to the
place. (…………….)
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5. Some Windmills have been turned into houses. (……………)
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6. Buildings which are protected by the law are called List buildings. (………..)
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7. In the Traffic Calming scheme, you can find soft tarmac and climbing
frames. (…………….)
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8. Paved shopping street is a feature of the pedestrianisation scheme. (……..)
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Q2: Answer the following Questions:
1- Towns are always changing, and places are being improved all the time.
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2. Northern Ireland lies to the West of Scotland across the North Sea. (………)
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4. The Giant Causeway is made of rocks and is a world Heritage site. (………)
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6. Ireland is also called The Emerald Isle because of its desert. (………)
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13. Londonderry, Bangor, and Newry are large towns around the coast. (………)
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19. Trains link Northern Ireland with other parts on the UK. (………)
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2- Ireland is called The Emerald Isle. Mention the reason for this name. From
what we studied, Describe the Landscape in Northern Ireland.
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4- Ships have been made in Belfast for many years. What is distinctive about the
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Titanic
Titanic was the largest ship of its time. It carried over 2000 passengers and crew.
Its first journey was from Southampton to New York, but the ship never reached
its destination.
Titanic was built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, Ireland. It took three years to
build and cost millions of dollars.
The Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15th April 1912 after hitting an
iceberg. Many people lost their lives. There were not enough lifeboats on board
to hold all of the passengers and crew.
1- Where was the Titanic built? And Who built it?
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2- Why did it never reach America?
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3- Ships have been built in Belfast for many years. Other than building ships
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Unit 8: Germany
Q.1: Choose the correct answer:
1. Germany lies to the (east – West - south) of the United Kingdom.
2. The river Rhine goes through a deep (port – gorge - mouth) as it flows
North.
3. In the Winter, Germany is usually (colder – warmer - windy) than the UK.
4. The Capital city of Germany is (Frankfurt – Dortmund - Berlin).
5. The Rhine, Weser, Elbe, Danube, and Oder are the main (Lakes – rivers-
Seas) in Germany.
2. More people live in Germany than any other country in Europe. (………)
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3. Germany was divided into three parts before the reunion in 1990. (………)
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6. Most places in Germany have less wind than the UK because they are far
from the sea. (………)
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7. Germany is usually warmer than the UK and has more snow. (………)
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8. Nowadays, Germany is famous for coal mining and making steel. (………)
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10. Germany was the first country to build a network of motorways. (………)
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Q.4: From what we studied, choose two European capital cities and compare
between their weather, population and what people work.
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Q.5: From what we studied, compare between Northern Ireland and Germany in
the table below:
Landscape
Settlement
Weather
Work
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