EARTH‘S SPHERES
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IN THIS LESSON YOU ARE GOING TO:
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q revise the vocabulary and grammar from the previous lesson
q discuss the Earth‘s systems, compare and analyse them
q learn new vocabulary
q learn how words are formed
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VOCABULARY
Biosphere
Geosphere
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
surface
accessible
to evaporate
gaseous
to burrow
to disintegrate
to precipitate
to extend
variety
prominent
to blanket
radius
penetrate
to obtain
glacier
modest
vent
debris
meagre
intense
to spew
to decay
vital
to occur
to thrive
to decompose
unique
to resemble
to respond to
particles
to account for
dynamic

WORD FORMATION
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•Gaseous
•/ˈɡæsiəs/
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•Gaseous = a suffix with the meanings “composed of,” “resembling, having the nature of,” occurring
in loanwords from Latin (e. g. igneous)

PREFIXES                            SUFFIXES



SOURCES
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q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnpF0ndXk-8&list=PLAkeRSVZBKKarFGsOOZxZWtCfsBR4_VWu
q https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/word-formation/suffixes
qLutgens, F. K., & Tarbuck, E. J. Essentials of geology (11th Edition). Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Prentice Hall, 2012
qChazal, de Edward and McCarter, Sam. Oxford EAP.
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