IELTS Speaking 17 vocabulary

What kind of pollution is this

Replace the expressions in bold with a word or expression from the box which has the same meaning.

In Britain, building is restricted or completely banned in the area of farming land or woods and parks which surrounds a town.

• green house

• green movement

• greenbelt

Many companies are developing boxes, cartons and cans which can easily be decomposed by organisms such as bacteria, or by sunlight, sea, water, etc.

• biodegradable packaging

• toxic waste

• poisonous chemicals

• fossil fuels

Name a synonym with 'decay'

The burning of some fuels creates carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide, methane and other gases which rise into the atmosphere.

• landfill site

• emissions

• global warming

• chemical fertilizer

Farmers have cleared hectares of thick wooded land in tropical regions where the precipitation is very high.

• acid rain

• rain forest

• ecosystem

• heavy rain

We should all try to process waste material so that it can be used again.

• reduce

• reuse

• recycle

These potatoes are cultivated naturally, without using any chemical fertilisers and pesticides.

• genetically modified

• ozone-friendly

• contaminated

• organic

Find the synonym with the bolded phrase.

More and more cars are built to use fuel which has been made without lead additives.

Find a phrase which has the same meaning to the bolded words.

The heating up of the earth's atmosphere by pollution is threatening life as we know it.