IELTS vocabulary on environment

Pollutants like car exhaust and smoke make breathing the air ___________________.

• emissions

• hazardous

• contaminated

• litter

The tourists left a lot of _______________ on the beach. The locals spent days cleaning up empty bottles and food wrappers.

• emissions

• overcrowded

• contamination

• litter

With increased marine travel, countries like Thailand are facing the problem of _______________________ sea water.

• litter

• emissioned

• contaminated

• bioharzardous

I haven't been able to play tennis lately, because of my ___________________. I'm working long hours and have a long list of things to do.

• daily routine

• hectic schedule

• sedentary lifestyle

• trendsetter

TikTok ___________________________ earlier this year. The app has become extremely popular, in part due to the pandemic lockdown.

• trendsetter

• gained a reputation

• took the world by storm

• a chance to unwind

As the pace of _________________ picked up, the area of land covered by dense forest declined considerably.

• flooding

• deforestation

• ecosystems

• contaminate

Essentially , soil erosion is the key causing rocky ____________.

• greenhouse gases

• pollutants

• detrimental

• desertification

These chemicals have a _______________ impact on the environment.

• detrimental

• funding

• edible

• rise

Sunshine and water are ____________ to living things.

• detrimental

• beneficial

• decrease

• go up

This process of constructing ____________ environments on Mars can be begun at once.

• smog

• contaminated

• habitable

• edible