Environment

Vocabulary Here is a list of verbs connected with environmental threats. Fill in the blanks below with the correct verb. Dont forget to put it in the correct tense. Cause suffer affect release launch clear rage erupt kill ignite sweep 1. Last year, they __________ a campaign to save the rain forests. 2. Eleven million hectares of trees were ________ in one decade alone. 3. The area is ___________ its worst drought for many years. 4. Burning forests ________ carbon in the atmosphere, __________ the possible acceleration of global warming. 5. Great fires - some of them ________ by napalm bombing - _________ all over the Amazon. 6. Acid rain is ___________ vast stretches of forest. 7. In Europe nearly every species of tree is __________. 8. El Nio _________ through the Amazon last month and a volcano _________ in the Pacific islands. Try to match together the following words and definitions related to rainforests. Match the words in A with their definition in B. A 1. deforestation 2. ecosystem b. all the living and non-living things in a certain area. 3. endangered c. land where plants and forest can grow easily. 4. fertile 5. clear-cut 6. loggers 7. species 8. sustainable development d. a group of people, animals or plants that have many common characteristics or qualities. e. clearing land of trees by cutting or burning. f. people involved in the business of cutting down trees and bringing them to sawmills. g. a way of living within the environment without destroying it. h. to cut down all the trees in a part of a forest. B a. when a population is so small, that it?s at risk of becoming extinct.

Grammar: 1. Changing verbs to nouns Change the verb in CAPITAL LETTERS into an appropriate noun to complete the sentence. e.g. Deforestation is a major factor in the increase of floods. DEFOREST 1. Trees reduce the _______________ of water. EVAPORATE 2. Have you seen the latest ____________ of the Tropical Forest Foundation? ADVERTISE 3. He is reading about the __________ of rainforests in Nigeria. DESTROY 4. __________ of the rainforest also distribute pamphlets. DEFEND 5. No one knows for sure how the original __________ of the rainforests got there. INHABIT 6. Most of the world?s wood is used for ____________. CONSTRUCT 7. The flowers of some trees offer ___________ to several important diseases. RESIST 8. Plants that could be used to develop new drugs now face ___________. EXTINCT

Sentence Transformations Look at this example. e.g. Getting the commitment from governments is difficult. It is difficult to get the commitment from governments. The second sentence means exactly the same as the first sentence even though the constructions are different. Finish the following sentences in the same manner as the example above. 1. Deforestation is endangering this ecosystem. This ecosystem ... 2. This is the largest forest conservation effort in the Amazon. There isn?t ... 3. Many other steps must be taken. We ... 4. Peasants chopped down vast tracts of protected trees. Vast tracts ... 5. They chopped down trees because they wanted to make some quick cash. They chopped down trees so that ....