Grade 10_Unit 9_Protecting the Environment

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Fossil fuels which are non-renewable pollute the air and cause air ______.

• pollution

• destruction

• consumption

• solution

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Recycling provides a method of reducing the amount of waste materials that gets to the landfills - thus _______ it less probable for environmental pollution to take place.

• making

• doing

• trying

• causing

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If wastes are thrown _______, they can cause pollution in water, land and air.

• inappropriately

• eco-friendly

• disappointingly

• favourably

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The area is roped off because the water is seriously polluted.

• contaminated

• disappeared

• purified

• endangered

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The effects of _______ are the environmental and social changes caused (directly or indirectly) by human emissions of greenhouse gases.

• global warming

• preservation

• protection

• ecosystem

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We need to cut down on our fuel _______ by having fewer cars on the road.

• consumption

• confusion

• destruction

• protection

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Forest biodiversity is threatened by illegal ______ carried out globally.

• deforestation

• pollution

• solution

• depletion

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What this country needs is a ______ policy for investment in science and technology.

• long-term

• term-time

• full-term

• short-time

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The Forestry Commission is responsible for _______ over 2 million acres of woodland.

• preserving

• destroying

• polluting

• degrading

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They are working to preserve the delicately balanced ______ of these wetlands.

• ecosystem

• biodiversity

• environment

• surroundings