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WorksheetsUnit 8 - Environment Vocabulary Assessment
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 14mins
Climate Change
The disposal of refuse and other waste material by burying it and covering it over with soil
A change in the average conditions — such as temperature and rainfall — in a region over a long period of time.
Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals.
Energy
Release of harmful materials into the environment
Power, ability
Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals.
Fossil fuels
The disposal of refuse and other waste material by burying it and covering it over with soil
Capable of being renewed / not able to be renewed.
Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals.
landfill
The disposal of refuse and other waste material by burying it and covering it over with soil
Capable of being renewed / not able to be renewed.
Destruction of forests
Deforestation
Release of harmful materials into the environment
Capable of being renewed / not able to be renewed.
Destruction of forests
Pollution
Release of harmful materials into the environment
Capable of being renewed / not able to be renewed.
Destruction of forests
Greenhouse Gasses
Gasses such as carbon dioxide, methane and water vapor that trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere and affect Earth's climate.
Capable of being renewed / not able to be renewed.
Destruction of forests
renewable # Non-renewable
Material which is eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required.
Power, ability
The ability to keep in existence or maintain. A sustainable ecosystem is one that can be maintained
Sustainability
Capable of being renewed / not able to be renewed.
Power, ability
The ability to keep in existence or maintain. A sustainable ecosystem is one that can be maintained
Waste
Material which is eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required.
Destruction of forests
gases released into the air, especially by cars and factories
absorbs
using another person’s work and passing it of as your own
dark and muddy
attracts and takes in
Current
flow or stream
dark and muddy
attracts and takes inrelating to the sea
Swept
flow or stream
brushed or moved
attracts and takes inrelating to the sea
Visible
flow or stream
something that can be seen
toxins or chemicals
Marine
relating to the sea
flow or stream
toxins or chemicals
Pollutants
relating to the sea
flow or stream
toxins or chemicals
Murky
dark and muddy
flow or stream
toxins or chemicals
Plagiarism
dark and muddy
flow or stream
using another person’s work and passing it of as your own
