Question

1.a. Read again and fill in the gaps (1-8) with the correct word.
GEOGRAPHY
Grab your winter coat, gloves and hat because we're going to take a look 0) at the coldest place on Earth! Scientist recorded a temperature of -89( Celcjusza) there 1) ........... 1983 - the lowest temperature ever recordeed on Earth! Antarctica isn't just the coldest place on Earth, but 2) .......... wettest and driest place, too. 'But that's impossible1' you say. Well, no actually! Ice covers 98% of Antartica. In fact, it has 90% of all the ice and 70% of 3) .........the fresh water in the whole world! So how can Antartica also be the driest place on Earth? Well, about the same amount of precipitation (rain4) ......... snow) falls there as in the Sahara desert. Basically, that's not a lot - less 5)............ 5 cm per year. In one interior region of Antarctica, called The Dry Valleys, the last time 6)..........rained was about 2 million years ago! This is because 7)............ very strong winds that drive away all the moisture in the air. With freezing temperatures, no water, and no animal or plant life, conditions in The Dry Valleys are 8).......... bit like conditions on the planet Mars!

b. What do the following numbers refer to ?
70%
98%
1983
-89 (Celcjusza)
590%
2 milion

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70% amout of all the fresh water of the whole world
98% amount of ice which covers Antarctica
1983 the year when the lowest temerature was recorded
-89 the lowest temperature ever recorded on Earth
90% the amount of all the ice of the whole world
2 milion amount of years since te last rain on Antarctica