Environment vocabulary quiz

1. Many factories _______ harmful pollutants into the atmosphere.

• minimize

• donate

• emit

2. You can _______ plastic bags again and again until they get holes in them.

• reuse

• resume

• reduce

3. Americans _______ many products that are sold with excess packaging.

• consume

• protect

• pollute

4. Burning fossil fuels can cause _______ to fall from the clouds.

• smog

• carbon footprints

• acid rain

5. You can _______ organic household waste by having a compost bin in the garden.

• protect

• recycle

• fertilize

6. Instead of throwing away old clothes, _______ them to organizations that help poor people.

• consume

• donate

• emit

7. The company is _______ an ancient forest in order to sell the wood.

• clear-cutting

• reducing

• recycling

8. Which is an example of climate change?

• reforestation

• global warming

• air pollution

9. Environmentalists understand the importance of _______ forests and wetlands.

• minimizing

• preserving

• banning

10. We will _______ if the government supports fossil fuel companies instead of tackling global warming.

• prevent

• protest

• protect