12A14 - PRACTICE TEST 1 VOCAB

Wetlands and forests help ______ such as pollution and soil erosion.

• regulate human-caused impacts

• absorb biodiversity

• document awareness

• raise milestones

Planting more trees is one method of ______.

• preserving fun

• mitigating the impacts of climate change

• benchmarking threats

• maintaining emissions

This global campaign helped the issue of forest loss finally ______ in public discussions.

• benchmark

• absorb

• shine

• stay intact

Governments must commit to long-term ______ if we are to avoid disaster.

• awareness

• climate mitigation efforts

• human well-being

• recreation policies

Factories and vehicles produce vast amounts of ______ each year.

• recreation

• diverse ecosystems

• human-generated carbon dioxide emissions

• benchmarks

Forests act as natural sinks that ______ from the atmosphere.

• raise awareness

• absorb carbon dioxide

• benchmark climate

• mitigate humans

In order for ecosystems to function well, they must ______.

• stay intact

• regulate humans

• adopt recreation

• support climate change

Nature offers a ______, from clean air to raw materials and emotional peace.

• critical milestone

• myriad of benefits

• climate benchmark

• difficult challenge

Campaigns aim to ______ of environmental protection through education.

• mitigate

• shine

• raise awareness

• benchmark emissions

Deforestation, pollution, and overfishing are just a few of the ______.

• threats facing our natural world

• recreation strategies

• mitigation milestones

• diverse benchmarks