Near-Earth asteroids – How Dangerous Are They?

B1 – Intermediate

Space agencies have started looking at the skies for near-earth asteroids that could potentially hit Earth. They believe these asteroids can be a threat to our planet.

Read the article below to get some interesting facts about asteroids.

http://www.english-online.at/news-articles/science/near-earth-asteroids-how-dangerous-are-they.htm

Discussion Questions:

1. How do you feel about the possibility that one day the world would be hit by a big asteroid?
2. If the Earth were to be destroyed, what are the things you’d do before it happens?
3. Other than asteroids, what other threats does the Earth face?

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9 replies on “Near-Earth asteroids – How Dangerous Are They?”

The question is not if it’s possible to an asteroid to hit the Earth but when it’s going to happen. It happened before, and I’m sure it will happen again.
I don’t have a list to do before dying.
I think humans are the biggest Earth threat.

Good work answering your discussion questions.

Take a look at how these sentences can be improved a bit:

The question is not if it’s possible to an asteroid to hit the Earth but when it’s going to happen.

The question is not if whether it’s possible to for an asteroid to hit the Earth, but when it’s going to happen.

Keep writing.

1. How do you feel about the possibility that one day the world would be hit by a big asteroid?
Well there are some companies working to reduce and even destroy that threat so its not something to be alarmed right know.
2. If the Earth were to be destroyed, what are the things you’d do before it happens?
Everything I love, playing, programming and be with my loved ones.
3. Other than asteroids, what other threats does the Earth face?
Overpopulation, polution, contamination, this global melting era, even us as humans: we are the bigest threat here ajjajaj.

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Here is one sentence you can still revise to improve it a bit:

Well there are some companies working to reduce and even destroy that threat so its not something to be alarmed right know.

Well, there are some companies working to reduce and even destroy that threat so it’s not something to be alarmed about right now.

Hope you keep practicing your writing through this exercise. Until your next entries.

I am not afraid because in this age of technology the asteroid would be destroyed before it landed on earth.
Also, humanity has many resources to remove the asteroid from orbit before it can harm us.
Anyway, I will not here to see this catastrophy

To the first question, No, because although we currently have enough technology and advances to prevent the reach of an asteroid, and if possible I think that it could destroy or minimize the damage it could cause.
If the Earth were destroyed, then total relaxation, why worry? .
I find interesting the search of other worlds, because I believe that we are not alone, and we have to learn from other more intligentes culture.

To the first question, No, because although we currently have enough technology and advances to prevent the hit of an asteroid, and if possible I think that it could destroy or minimize the damage it could cause.
If the Earth were destroyed, then total relaxation, why worry? .
I find interesting the search of other worlds, because I believe that we are not alone, and we have to learn from other more intligentes culture.

I think that if one asteroid crash in the earth 1.000.000 years ago or more, it’s possible that another asteroid crash in the. future,
But we don’t know when it is the date.

No, I’m not afraid that one day the world might be hit by a big asteroid. We are all going to die anyway, so there is no reason to be afraid of that. I ‘ll do exactly the same things I’m doing now, I won’t change a bit. Actually I have like no idea what other threats the earth face. I’m not a science people, but star starring is interesting, in order to find the path while navigating in the ocean.

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