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English Home Learning Assignment - Grade 8

This document summarizes an English homework assignment about asteroids for an 8th grade class. It discusses the damage caused by meteorite impacts on Earth and the potential threat posed by larger asteroids. While asteroids can cause significant local damage, experts believe we are currently safe from a civilization-ending impact. The assignment contains questions to categorize natural disasters, complete sentences about past impacts, and a short writing prompt about asteroids.

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English Home Learning Assignment - Grade 8

This document summarizes an English homework assignment about asteroids for an 8th grade class. It discusses the damage caused by meteorite impacts on Earth and the potential threat posed by larger asteroids. While asteroids can cause significant local damage, experts believe we are currently safe from a civilization-ending impact. The assignment contains questions to categorize natural disasters, complete sentences about past impacts, and a short writing prompt about asteroids.

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English Home Learning Assignment – Grade 8

Could a meteorite collision really mean the end of life on Earth? Read this to find out what
happens when small meteorites collide with Earth, and just how much damage a big one could
do. I. Write the disasters in the correct group.

nuclear
solar flare oil spill volcano eruption flood
accident
meteor strike hurricane space junk collision global warming

Natural disasters Disasters from space Manmade disasters


Volcano eruption
hurricane
solar flare Meteor strike Nuclear accident
global warming Space junk collision Oil spill

flood
II. Choose the best option to complete these sentences.
1. The damage caused by the Russian meteorite ___.
a. could have been much worse The awnser is a
b. was huge
c. was greatly reduced by the early warning system
d. was much worse than the one in Siberia one hundred years ago

2. The Siberian meteorite ___.


a. hit a forest
b. hit a big city
c. caused glass to shower over people
d. damaged trees when it exploded the awnser is d

3. On the same day as the meteorite exploded over Chelyabinsk, ___.


a. there was another, related, asteroid event
b. there was another, unrelated, asteroid event
c. scientists realised that an even bigger asteroid could hit Earth the awnser is c
d. scientists issued a warning for 2046

4. The Russian meteorite ___.


a. had been predicted by scientists
b. came as a surprise the awnser is b
c. was too small to worry about
d. will come close to Earth again in the future

5. Experts say that comets and asteroids could ___.


a. wipe out all animal life, leaving only plants
b. kill a significant proportion of the Earth's human population the awnser is b
c. put an end to all plant and animal life on Earth
d. cause as much damage as the Hiroshima bomb

6. A small asteroid ___.


a. can still cause a lot of damage the awnser is a
b. is not a problem if it is spotted early
c. cannot cause any significant harm
d. is actually more dangerous than a larger one

7. Earth has been relatively safe thanks to ___.


a. pure luck
b. luck and the protective force of another planet from our solar system the
awnser is b
c. early warning systems set up by NASA
d. luck and our position in relation to the sun

8. Scientists say ___.


a. it is impossible to monitor all the potential hazards
b. we are not in any danger for the moment the awnser is b
c. a meteorite is likely to hit Earth sooner or later
d. their early warning systems will protect us

III. Complete the gaps with a phrase from the box.

spot injured flattened wiped out

cross struck monitor cause

1. When the meteorite exploded on 15 February 2013, many people were


________injured______ (hurt) by falling glass.

2. The explosion of another small object _____flattened_________ (made flat) many


trees.

3. Scientists weren't expecting the Russian meteorite because it had been too small
for anyone to _________spot_____ (see or notice).

4. It was probably a large asteroid colliding with Earth that ____wiped


out__________ (made extinct) the dinosaurs.

5. 65 million years ago, an enormous object _____struck_________ ( hit) the


Yucatan region of Mexico with a force of 100 megatons

6. Even a much smaller asteroid can ______cause_______ (do) a lot of damage.

7. Jupiter protects Earth by diverting away the dangerous comets and asteroids that
might _____cross_________ (pass from one side to the other of) Earth's orbit.

8. Scientists will now _________monitor_____ (observe or check regularly over a


period of time) potential hazards even more carefully.

IV. WRITING
Write a paragraph (50 – 70 words) telling your opinion about: a.
Do asteroids scare you? Why or why not?
b. Have you ever experienced any type of natural disaster?

Earth has been damaged a lot by falling asteroid. I am scare of asteroid because the
massive damage it can cause. An asteroid can wiped out a lot of building and even
human life and human could extinct.
I ever experience an natural disaster back when I was in a holiday. When my family was
in a hotel suddenly an earthquake happened. It doesn't cause a lot of damage and it
happen only a second.

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