1. 22. 4. 2015 The Earth Day Ela Bandžuchová Lenka Kúdelova 6.A Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on April 22, on which day events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970. Earth Day 1970 The first Earth Day family had participants and celebrants in two thousand colleges and universities, roughly ten thousand primary and secondary schools, and hundreds of communities across the United States. More importantly, it "brought 20 million Americans out into the spring sunshine for peaceful demonstrations in favor of environmental reform." It now is observed in 192 countries, and coordinated by the nonprofit Earth Day Network, chaired by the first Earth Day 1970 organizer Denis Hayes, according to whom Earth Day is now "the largest secular holiday in the world, celebrated by more than a billion people every year." Environmental groups have sought to make Earth Day into a day of action which changes human behavior and provokes policy changes.

2. QUIZ 1.What is the longest river in the world? a) Amazon b) Nile c) Váh 2. What is the highest mountain in the world? a) Mont Blanc b) Mount Everest c) Lomnický štít 3. What is the bigges ocean? a) Pacific ocean b) Atlantic ocean c) Indian ocean 4. What is the biggest city in canada? a) Ottawa b) Montreal c) Vencuver 5. What is the capital city of Australia? a) Sydney b) Canberra c) Hobart 6. What is the smallest country in the world? a) Andorra b) Vatican city c) Slovakia

3. 7.What is the fastest animal? a) an ostrich b) a cheetach c) a lion 8. What lake is in the picture? a)Michigan lake b)Eyer´s lake c)Loch Ness 9. What river is in the picture? a)The Nile b) the Amazon c) Dunaj 10. What mountain is in the picture? a)Vysoké Tatry b) Ural c) Sierra Madre Oriental