Workbook - 2.5, 2.6 & 2.7 (Thursday; 19/10) (Friday; 20/10)

K: Know how to answer the questions.

U: Understand how the answers came to be.

D: Mark your answers.

Unit 2.5

1. (Your own answer. You can choose any word that starts with the prefix 'bio-' and write the definition. Examples are below:)

a) Biography - an account of someone's life written by someone else.

b) Biodegradable - (of a substance or object) capable of being decomposed by bacteria or other living organisms and thereby avoiding pollution.

c) Biological - relating to biology or living organisms.

d) Biosphere - the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the earth or another planet occupied by living organisms.

e) Bioscience - any of the life sciences.

2. (The phrases below are facts.)

- Poorna Malavath

- young girl

- she is the youngest person in the world to summit Mount Everest.

- At the age of 13

- On 10 June 2000, Poorna Malavath was born in a small village in India where her parents worked on a farm.

- She attended the local school that taught mountain climbing as a subject.

- This sparked her desire to climb Mount Everest, a mountain on which many lives have been lost.

3. (Your own answer. You may use a pencil to draw your mind map. You can refer to the example of a mind map below.)

3. (Your own answer. You can choose to use the Poorna Malavath or Tenzing Norgay biography and summarize the contents in your own words.)

Unit 2.6 & 2.7

1a. they - the apple

1b. he - the interviewer; them - the questions

1c. they - the guides; them - the climbers

1d.  whose/her - the brave girl

1e. myself - I; we - my team and I

1f. this - the school; she - the young climber

2. (Your own answer. Just choose 5 information from the timeline and write it in proper sentences. Here are examples below:)

- Amelia Earheart was born in 1897 on 24 July in a small town in Kansas, US.

- In 1932, she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

- She was also the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean twice.

- In 1937, on 2 July, she went missing in a plane over the Pacific Ocean.

- She was declared dead in 1939 on 5 January.

3. (Your own answer. You can interview someone or choose any biography of your choice. You can write in bullet points but make sure the sentences are full and proper.)