Optimise B2, Unit 8 - Vocabulary (Environmental issues)

Complete the sentences with the phrases.

1) In order to protect the environment, we need to use more ​ (a)   like wind and solar power.

2) When ​ (b)   is put in the ground, it can poison the earth for thousands of years.

• carbon footprint
• global warming
• greenhouse effect
• renewable energy
• toxic waste

Complete the sentences with one word in each gap. The first letter is there to help you.

The o_ _ _ _ _ l_ _ _ _ _ prevents some of the sun's harmful radiation getting to the Earth.

Complete the sentences with one word in each gap. The first letter is there to help you.

If we are to avoid using up our natural resources, we need clear s_ _ _ _ _ _ d_ _ _ _ _ _ goals.

Complete the sentences with one word in each gap. The first letter is there to help you.

Although some people deny that c_ _ _ _ _ _ c_ _ _ _ _ _ is a problem, most scientists are in no doubt that it is.

Complete the sentences with one word in each gap. The first letter is there to help you.

As a result of the g_ _ _ _ _ _ e_ _ _ _ _ _ temperatures have risen in the last century.

Complete the sentences with one word in each gap. The first letter is there to help you.

T_ _ _ _ _ _ w_ _ _ _ _ _ from factories is bad for our health as well as for the environment.

Complete the sentences with the phrases.

1) ​Scientists think that (a)   will have caused the Arctic ice cap to melt completely by 2050.

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• carbon footprint
• global warming
• greenhouse effect
• renewable energy
• toxic waste

Complete the sentences with the phrases.

1) A good way to reduce your ​ (a)   is by flying as little as possible.

2) Temperatures have been slowly rising due to the ​ (b)   and now they are reaching dangerous levels.​

• carbon footprint
• global warming
• greenhouse effect
• toxic waste
• renewable energy