4.1 Listening

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Welcome back

Today

- A little quiz on our next topic

- a few listening exercises together

- checking the homework + self work time

Round 1: true or false

There is no sound in space

1. true
2. false

The largest ever discovery of water in outer space was a vapour cloud which contains almost as much water as all the Earth's oceans

1. true
2. false

It was about 140 trillion times more than all our oceans combined

The footprints left on the moon by astronauts between 1969 and 1972 are still visible

1. true
2. false

Scientists believe there is a planet made from diamonds

1. true
2. false

There is no gravity in space

1. true
2. false

More solar energy hits the earth every hour than the entire Earth population consumes a year

1. true
2. false

Round 2: numbers

What year was the moonlanding?

How many times bigger is the earth than the moon?
(rounded to a whole number)

What year will be the next leap year?

(Rounded up) How many kilometres per second is the speed of light? (hint: it's less than a million)

How many times bigger is the sun compared to Earth? (rounded to a whole number)

Final round: planets

Starting at the sun, what's the first planet in our solar system?

Starting at the sun, what's the third planet in our solar system?

Starting at the sun, what's the fifth planet in our solar system?

Final question: Starting at the sun, what's the last planet in our solar system?

Now please close your iPads

and head to pg. 54 in your book.

read Listening 1, we'll do that one together

Please check your homework and finish the vocabulary exercises on pg. 55