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Exercise 15

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Task reminder: Listen to each question and give a short spoken answer (1–2 words is enough). You have 10 seconds. Reveal the answer to self-check.

1. What do you call the process by which water turns into vapour?

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Evaporation

2. Which vitamin is produced by the body when exposed to sunlight?

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Vitamin D

3. What is the term for a word formed from the first letters of other words?

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Acronym

4. What do you call the study of ancient human remains and artefacts?

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Archaeology

5. Which ocean is the deepest?

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Pacific

6. What do you call electricity produced by moving water?

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Hydroelectric power

7. What is the name of the force that keeps planets in orbit?

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Gravity

8. What do you call a person who designs buildings?

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Architect

9. Which gas do humans exhale in greater quantities than they inhale?

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Carbon dioxide

10. What is the name of the scale used to measure earthquake magnitude?

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Richter scale