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Environment vocabulary

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

You can _______ plastic bags again and again until they get holes in them.

a)

reuse

b)

resume

c)

reduce

2.

Burning fossil fuels can cause _______ to fall.

a)

smog

b)

carbon footprints

c)

acid rain

3.

You can _______ organic household waste by having a compost bin in the garden.

a)

protect

b)

recycle

c)

fertilize

4.

Instead of throwing away old clothes, _______ them to organizations that help poor people.

a)

consume

b)

donate

c)

emit

5.

Environmentalists understand the importance of _______ forests and wetlands.

a)

minimizing

b)

banning

c)

preserving

6.

We should _______ pollutants that seriously damage our health or the environment.

a)

emit

b)

use up

c)

ban

7.

The protection and preservation of natural resources and the environment is called

______________.

a)

contamination

b)

conservation

c)

protectionism

8.

To stop global warming we have to use _______ energy like solar and wind.

a)

new

b)

fossil-fuel

c)

renewable

9.

Gases that stop heat from escaping into space are called _______ gases.

a)

green

b)

greenhouse

c)

zero-emission

10.

The place in which a plant, animal, bird or fish normally lives is its

______________

a)

habitat

b)

food chain

c)

eco-community

11.

________________ is failure to work well or function correctly.

a)

Dysfunction

b)

Pollution

c)

Commute

12.

·         (a)   means to travel together in someone's car, making a regular journey to work or school.

13.

·         They are trying to protect (a)   species such as lynx, wolf and several species of vulture.

14.

·         To (a)   means to make the same journey regularly between work and home.

15.

To (a)   means to put organic waste like vegetable peels, uneaten food, grass clippings and leaves into a large container that breaks it down into healthy soil

16.

Many factories ___ harmful pollutants into the atmosphere.

a)

minimize

b)

donate

c)

emit