BEFORE YOU LISTEN

Before you listen, take a guess about the words you'll soon hear more about:

1. What are extremophiles?
People who love extreme sports and adventures
Micro-organisms that live in extreme conditions
People afraid of extremes

2. Which US National Park is home to geysers (hot springs that shoot hot water into the air) that extremophiles are really keen on?
Grand Canyon
Death Valley National Park
Yellowstone

3. What is botany?
the study of bots (as in robots or online computer programs that do automated tasks )
the study of plants
the study of anything

LISTEN

Listen to the podcast above. Then answer the questions.

1. What is Alice's ideal place to be?
Lying in a hammock under a palm tree
Curled up on the sofa
Boiling in acidic water or frozen at the bottom of an Antarctic lake

2. What is the synonym used in the podcast for the word HOSTILE?
aggressive
unkind
unfriendly

3. How do extremophiles differ from creatures such as insects?
They're more resilient
They're more complex
They're smaller

4. What are Archaea?
Single-celled microbes
Bacteria
Microbes without cellular structure

5. What are Eukaryotes?
All other life forms besides human beings
Animals, plants and fungi
Ancient species that have died out

6. Where can extremophiles get energy from?
Iron
Steel
Trick question (they actually don't need energy to survive)

VOCABULARY

Connect the words and meanings. Write the words.

1. hot springs that shoot hot water and steam into the air
2. the study of animals
3. doing well
4. holes in the ocean floor from which flow mineral-rich superheated water from the Earth's crust
5. aggressive and not welcoming
6. farming
7. consisting of living cells
8. a process by which a species becomes better suited to its environment

Self-evaluation

Click one or more statements that best reflect(s) your opinion.

I feel like I learned something
I knew all of this already
This was a waste of time
This was interesting

Palauta Peruuta