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Life on Venus

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Life on Venus

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  1. Life on Venus July 25, 2022

  2. This Day in History 1984 Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the First Woman to Walk in Space The Soviet cosmonaut was part of the Soyuz T-12 mission, which docked at the Salyut 7 Space station. As part of the mission, she spent 3.5 hours in space testing tools. Savitskaya was also the second woman to go into space and the first to go to space twice.

  3. This Day in History 1978 World's first test tube baby is born Louise Joy Brown was the first person to be conceived using in-vitro fertilization or IVF technology, pioneered by doctors Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards.

  4. This Day in History 1976 The famous Face on Mars photo is taken Viking 1, the first space probe to successfully land on Mars took the famous photo of the Cydonia region on the Red Planet.

  5. 1. What do you think this picture shows? 2. Do you think this is a real photograph? Why/not? 3. Which three of these things can you see in the picture? • atmosphere • clouds • a meteorite • volcanoes

  6. Vocabulary: Read the sentences and match these scientific words in bold with their meanings. 1. Plastic is made from oil in a complicated process. 2. Humans are responsible for plastic pollution. 3. Plastic produces dangerous types of gas when it breaks down. 4. Plastic pollution has a negative effect on many organisms. 5. Scientists can detect tiny amounts of plastic in the food we eat. 6. We need to identify potential solutions to this problem. 7. There are alternative materials we could use instead of plastic. 8. Scientists say that some microbes can eat plastic. a. a series of actions that you take to get a result b. different or other c. discover or notice something exists d. living things e. possible f. something like the air, not solid or liquid g. tiny living things h. to be the person or thing which causes something to happen

  7. You are going to watch a news report about whether there is life on Venus. Before you watch, choose the best answers to complete the sentences below. 1. The surface temperature of Venus is around a. 418°C b. 480°C c. 840°C 2. Scientists may have discovered signs of life in Venus’ a. clouds b. lakes c. volcanoes 3. On Earth, the gas phosphine is made by tiny organisms that live in places with no a. oxygen b. sunlight c. water 4. Scientists did not use telescopes in these places to examine Venus: a. Chile b. Hawaii c. Wales 5. Scientists did not wonder if these things could be responsible for the signs of life on Venus: a. alien civilizations b. meteorites c. volcanoes

  8. Checking understanding: Answer the questions below. Then watch the report again to check your answers. 1. What have scientists detected in Venus’ atmosphere? 2. What do they think is responsible for what they have seen? 3. How does Professor Jane Greaves feel about making the discovery? 4. Why does Greaves think a living organism might be making hydrogen on Venus? 5. What will scientists do next?

  9. Work in pairs to find words/phrases in the word cloud that are near synonyms. There are six groups, and one group includes three items. How are the words in each group different?

  10. Talking time: Discuss these questions in pairs or small groups. 1. Do you think there is life on Venus or other planets? 2. How could research into other planets help us to understand Earth better? 3. What other types of space research are scientists working on right now? 4. Do you think it’s better for national governments or private companies to do space research? 5. Would you be interested in visiting another planet if you could? Why/not?

  11. What do you know about Venus?

  12. Read this information • Venus is like a twin to the Earth in its size and composition. • Scientists believe that at one time conditions on Venus were similar to Earth, with oceans and a cooler temperature. • Now Venus is covered with thick clouds made of sulphuric acid. • On Venus, a day is longer than a year. • Venus rotates in a different direction to most planets. • We often call Venus the morning or evening star (even though it’s a planet) because in ancient times, people believed it was two different stars. • Both the US and the Soviet Union have sent missions to land on Venus.

  13. Wrap-up

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