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IELTS vocabulary on environment

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Pollutants like car exhaust and smoke make breathing the air ___________________.

a)

emissions

b)

hazardous

c)

contaminated

d)

litter

2.

The tourists left a lot of _______________ on the beach. The locals spent days cleaning up empty bottles and food wrappers.

a)

emissions

b)

overcrowded

c)

contamination

d)

litter

3.

With increased marine travel, countries like Thailand are facing the problem of _______________________ sea water.

a)

litter

b)

emissioned

c)

contaminated

d)

bioharzardous

4.

I haven't been able to play tennis lately, because of my ___________________. I'm working long hours and have a long list of things to do.

a)

daily routine

b)

hectic schedule

c)

sedentary lifestyle

d)

trendsetter

5.

TikTok ___________________________ earlier this year. The app has become extremely popular, in part due to the pandemic lockdown.

a)

trendsetter

b)

gained a reputation

c)

took the world by storm

d)

a chance to unwind

6.

As the pace of _________________ picked up, the area of land covered by dense forest declined considerably.

a)

flooding

b)

deforestation

c)

ecosystems

d)

contaminate

7.

Essentially , soil erosion is the key causing rocky ____________.

a)

greenhouse gases

b)

pollutants

c)

detrimental

d)

desertification

8.

These chemicals have a _______________ impact on the environment.

a)

detrimental

b)

funding

c)

edible

d)

rise

9.

Sunshine and water are ____________ to living things.

a)

detrimental

b)

beneficial

c)

decrease

d)

go up

10.

This process of constructing ____________ environments on Mars can be begun at once.

a)

smog

b)

contaminated

c)

habitable

d)

edible

11.

They tried to beat the sudden _____________ in land values.

a)

rise

b)

decrease

c)

detrimental

d)

beneficial

12.

Getting____________for the environmental project was far from straightforward.

a)

funding

b)

detrimental

c)

beneficial

d)

drought

13.

a)

environment

b)

chemical gases

c)

oil slick

d)

acid rain

14.

a)

smoke with carbon dioxide

b)

deforestation

c)

drought

d)

oil slick

15.

a)

floods

b)

hurricane

c)

greenhouse effect

d)

deforestation

16.

a)

greenhouse effect

b)

habitat destruction

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

oil slick

17.

a)

hole in the ozone layer

b)

global warming

c)

deforestation

d)

rise of sea level

18.

a)

floods

b)

ice melting

c)

drought

d)

ozone layer

19.

a)

deforestation

b)

fires

c)

endangered species

d)

ozone layer

20.

a)

tsunami

b)

rise odf sea level

c)

global warming

d)

endangered species