Environmental Vocabulary Quiz 1

What word means plants, trees, and greenery in an area?

• Habitat

• Vegetation

• Pollution

Which word describes the cutting down of trees for wood?

• Logging

• Erosion

• Intercept

Animals that live in water are called __________ animals.

• Terrestrial

• Aquatic

• Myriad

To make something larger or longer is to __________ it.

• Fell

• Extend

• Stabilize

Which word means a very large number of something?

• Myriad

• Array

• Impact

The word __________ means to cut down a tree.

• Fell

• Vanish

• Inhibit

What’s the word for the natural home of an animal or plant?

• Environment

• Habitat

• Defence

Which of these means to prevent or slow down something?

• Stabilize

• Inhibit

• Extend

Which word describes soil being worn away by wind or water?

• Deforestation

• Erosion

• Logging

Which one means to stop something before it reaches its destination?

• Intercept

• Pollution

• Defence