TASKS

1. Say if these sentences are true or false. Correct the false ones.

a) Geothermal energy is heat from within the earth.

b) The temperature of the rocks and water get colder and colder as you go deeper underground.

c) The Earth´s interior is formed by: crust, mantle and iron core.

d) Geothermal power plants use hydrothermal resources which have two common ingredients: water (hydro) and heat (thermal).

e) The only main use of geothermal energy is geothermal heat pumps.

f) Other geothermal energy producers are: Mexico, Italia, United Kingdom and New Zealand.

Get the answers

2. Read the following text.

 “Renewable resources, mainly hydro (over 60 per cent) and geothermal (over 6 per cent), meet around 75 per cent of New Zealand’s electricity demand. South Island hydroelectricity generation accounts for two-thirds of total hydro-generated power while the North Island accounts of all the geothermal electricity generation”.

3.Work in pairs. Write a text about four tourist activities that you would like to do in New Zealand. Then present the tourist route in the class with a map http://www.newzealand.com/travel/about-nz/features/features_home.cfm/featuretype/places.html