Environmental issues

What is the Ozone Layer?

• It stops most of the harmful UV rays from hitting Earth, while letting the warm sunshine pass through.

• All the answers are correct.

• It sits between the Sun and us.

• An invisible layer of protective gases that circle the earth.

What is a hybrid car? How does it help the environment?

• A car with a petrol engine.

• A hybrid car is one that has both petrol and diesel engines.

• A hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) is one that relies on two different power sources.

• A hybrid car is one that uses only an electric motor.

What is recycling?

• It is the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects.

• To use fuel, energy, or time, especially in large amounts.

• The presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects.

• Bringing down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number.

What is the Greenhouse Effect?

• A species which has been categorized as very likely to become extinct.

• The greenhouse effect increases the temperature of the Earth by trapping heat in our atmosphere.

• Human activities such as burning fossil fuels, agriculture and land clearing.

• A glass building in which plants that need protection from cold weather are grown.

When we throw away things into the oceans, we cause___.

• droughts

• light pollution

• water pollution

• cilmate change

Carbon dioxide makes the Earth's surface hotter. We call this _______.

• water pollution

• air pollution

• global warming

• climate change

Factories produce toxic gases and cause ______.

• light pollution

• water pollution

• air pollution

• food waste

_____things as much as possible. For example, use plastic bags more than once.

• Reduce

• Reuse

• Recycle

• Repeat

Endangered means ...

• able to be extended for another time period: able to be renewed.

• used to describe a type of animal or plant that has become very rare and that could die out completely.

• the protection of animals, plants and natural resources.

Global warming may cause _______ in some parts of the world and __________ in others at the same time.

• deforestation

• droughts

• forest fires

• floods