In this exercise, you need to state whether the words in these rows refer to **animals**, **languages** or **foods**.

|**pupusas** |**ceviche** | comidas (foods)|
|–|–|–|
|**garífuna** | **xinca**| **idiomas** (languages)|
|**tiburones** (sharks) | **venados** (deer)| **animales** (animals)|

In this exercise, you need to answer these questions about Central American culture.

The first sentence reads:

* What kind of water is there in Lake Nicaragua?

So, you could write:

* *En el lago Nicaragua hay agua dulce.*
There is sweet water in lake Nicaragua.

The second sentence reads:

* What animals are there in lake Nicaragua?

So, you could write:

* *En el lago Nicaragua hay peces y tiburones.*
There’s fish and sharks in lake Nicaragua.

The third sentence reads:

* What civilization built a palace that was discovered by archaeologists in Central America in the year 2000?

So, you could write:

* *La civilización Maya construyó el palacio.*
The Mayan civilization built the palace.

The last sentence reads:

* What kind of buildings can you find in the capital cities of Central America?

So, you could write:

* *En las ciudades capitales de Centroamérica se puede encontrar rascacielos.*
In the capital cities of Central America, you can find skyscrapers.

In this exercise, you need to write a four sentence paragraph explaining why we need to take care of our planet, mentioning examples of Central American nature and species, and including the words **extinguir** (go extinct), **apreciar** (appreciate), **dañar** (damage), and **destruir** (destroy).

You could write:

*Nuestro planeta está siendo destruido. Hay especies de peces en peligro de extinción por la contaminación del agua. Para apreciar la biodiversidad, debemos darle un ambiente limpio. Debemos dejar de dañar la Tierra.*

Our planet is being destroyed. There’s species of fish that are endangered because of water contamination. To appreciate biodiversity, we must give it a clean environment. We must stop damaging the Earth.