Vocabulary about the environment

What is the environment?

• When there hasn't been rain for a very long time

• The natural world around us

• Waste materials; litter

• Able to continue over a period of time

What is rubbish?

• When there hasn't been rain for a very long time

• The natural world around us

• Waste materials; litter

• Able to continue over a period of time

What is a drought?

• When there hasn't been rain for a very long time

• The natural world around us

• Waste materials; litter

• Able to continue over a period of time

What does sustainable mean?

• When there hasn't been rain for a very long time

• The natural world around us

• Waste materials; litter

• Able to continue over a period of time

What is pollution?

• Harmful materials in the environment. Can be in the air, water or on land.

• Re-make something into something new

• Fog or smoke in the air caused by pollution from factories

• A change in global weather patterns due to burning coal

What is climate change?

• Harmful materials in the environment. Can be in the air, water or on land.

• Re-make something into something new

• Fog or smoke in the air caused by pollution from factories

• A change in global weather patterns due to burning coal

What is recycling?

• Harmful materials in the environment. Can be in the air, water or on land.

• Re-make something into something new

• Fog or smoke in the air caused by pollution from factories

• A change in global weather patterns due to burning coal

What is smog?

• Harmful materials in the environment. Can be in the air, water or on land.

• Re-make something into something new

• Fog or smoke in the air caused by pollution from factories

• A change in global weather patterns due to burning coal

Which options mean the same as: harm the environment

• Help the environment

• Hurt the environment

• Protect the environment

• Destroy the environment

Which options mean the same as: save the environment

• Help the environment

• Hurt the environment

• Protect the environment

• Destroy the environment