a) Air pollution

ENVIRONMENT
b) Antinuclear 1 2 3 4 5 6
c) Anti-smoking
d) Chemical
e) Cloth
f) To cut down
g) Decompose
h) Deforestation
i) Ecological disaster
j) Environmental- 7 8 9 1 1 1
friendly
k) Exhaust fumes 0 1 2
l) Glass
m) Global warming
n) Land pollution
o) Landfill
p) Library
q) Litter / Rubbish
r) Nuclear power
s) Oil spill 1 1 1
t) Overpopulated
u) Petrol
Talking about ENVIRONMENTAL
3 4 5
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6
Match
their
1 the following words
7 corresponding
1 with
definitions.
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v) Pollutant
w) Recycle ISSUES
The presence in the environment of a substance has a A type of animal or plant that may soon become extinct
x) Smoke
harmful or poisonous effect. E.g. The _______________ of or disappear from the world. E.g., The bald eagleStarvation
may be
y) Solar power
z) Tin can local rivers. __________________.
aa) Toxic waste
bb) Water 1 2 Rainforest destruction
pollution A gradual increase2in the temperature 2of atmosphere
9Greenhouse effect 0worldwide generally1attributed to the greenhouseA mixture of smoke, 2 gases, and chemicals,2 especially in
2 cities,effect
that makes3the atmosphere difficultDroughtto breathe
caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide and other 4
and harmful for health. E.g., Exhaust fumes are mainly
A prolonged period of dry weather affecting harvest. pollutants.
E.g., the _____________________ affects crops in Europe.
The changes that responsible for the
are thought ____________.
to be affecting the world’s Smog
weather because of an increase in the average
atmospheric temperature. E.g., Melting glaciers imply
An accident in a nuclear reactor in which the Climate change
that life in the Arctic is affected by _____________________.
temperature increases in the nuclear fuel until it melts
and bursts through its container so that radiation comes The cutting down of trees in a large area, orDeforestation
2 the
out. E.g., Three reactors2 in Fukushima 2had destruction 2 of forests by people. E.g.,
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_____________________ in 2011 6after an earthquake7and ____________________
8 is destroying large areas of tropical
tsunami. rainforest.