Listening Part 4Read the questions carefully, and try to work out as much as you can about the situation. Work out the type of information you have to listen for in each case. The recording should only play once, and try to answer all the questions whilst the recording is playing.1. The earth and coral reefs are not defined as 'single living things' because they are

over 10,000 years oldnot individual life formscomposed of living entitiesnot really alive2. Which statement about Wattieza trees is false?

They were 8 metres tallThey have been around for a long timeThey affected the planet's climateThey were on earth 380 million years agoTrees over 3. years old are 'not uncommon' (fill the gap)

4. The Fortingall Yew is called a 'sapling' because

It contained sapThis is a species of treeIt was once youngIt is Scottish5. The Prometheus tree was destroyed by a scientist studying

the effects of glaciersstrength of drillsweather forecastingthe growth of old trees

Fill in the tableAge of Prometheus treeEvent

Approximately 10 years 6.

7. Moses leads the Hebrews from Egypt

2,000 years8.

9. Tree chopped down

10. Bristle-coned pines survive longest

... after 969 years... if they are in the area of the Methuselah tree... because they are now protected... in areas where the soil is poor in nutrients