Олімпіада-2021 (шкільний рівень), 9 клас

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England is the biggest country in the...

The highest mountain of the UK is situated in...

According to the text , Scotland is famous for... (choose 2 or more answers)

What is Northern Ireland famous for?

Oldest Living Thing on Earth

Ancient patches of a giant seagrass in the Mediterranean Sea are now considered the oldest living organism on Earth after scientists dated them as (1)___________ .

Australian scientists sequenced the DNA of samples of the giant Posidonia oceanic seagrass, from 40 underwater meadows (2) __________ than 2,000 miles from Spain to Cyprus.

The analysis found the seagrass was between 12,000 and 200,000 years old and was most likely to be at least 100,000 years old. This is far older than the current known oldest species, a Tasmanian plant (3) _________ 43,000 years old.

Professor Carlos Duarte, from the University of Western Australia, said the seagrass has been able to reach such old age because it (4) __________ .

The separate patches of seagrass in the Mediterranean span almost 10 miles and weigh (6) _________ .

“They are continually producing new branches”, he told The Daily Telegraph. “They spread very slowly and (5) __________”.

We _________ use less electricity and water.

We _________ protect animals and plants.

_________up early in the morning is not a problem for me.

You will see the house ______ is opposite the petrol station.

He met his teacher ______ was very strict

Do you have enough time ________ us tonight?