a) Air pollution

ENVIRONMENT
b) Antinuclear
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c) Anti-smoking
d) Chemical
e) Cloth
f) To cut down
g) Decompose
h) Deforestation
i) Ecological disaster
j) Environmental-friendly
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k) Exhaust fumes 0 0 0
l) Glass
m) Global warming
n) Land pollution
o) Landfill
p) Library
q) Litter / Rubbish
r) Nuclear power
s) Oil spill 13 14 15
t)
u)
Overpopulated
Petrol
Talking 0 about 0 ENVIRONMENTAL
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Match 17the following words with
corresponding
0 definitions.
18 their
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v)
w)
Pollutant
Recycle
ISSUES
The presence in the environment of a substance has a harmful or A type of animal or plant that may soon become extinct or disappear
x) Smoke poisonous effect. E.g. The _______________ of local rivers. from the world. E.g., The bald eagle may be __________________.
y) Solar power Starvation
z) Tin can
aa)Toxic waste
19 20 Rainforest destruction
A gradual increase in21the temperature of atmosphere
bb)Water pollution
worldwide
22 A mixture of smoke, 23
gases, and chemicals, especially
24 in cities, that
Greenhouse effect generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels
makes the atmosphere difficult to breathe and harmful for health. E.g.,
of carbon dioxide and other pollutants. Drought
Exhaust fumes are mainly responsible for the ____________.
A prolonged period of dry weather affecting harvest. E.g., the
The changes that are thought to be affecting the world’s weather Smog
_____________________ affects crops in Europe.
because of an increase in the average atmospheric temperature. E.g.,
Melting glaciers imply that life in the Arctic is affected by
An accident in a nuclear reactor in which the temperature increases in
the nuclear fuel until it melts and bursts through its container so that
_____________________. Climate change
radiation comes out. E.g., Three reactors in Fukushima had
25 26an earthquake and tsunami.
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The cutting down of trees in a large area, or the destruction of forests
Deforestation
_____________________ in 2011 after by people. E.g.,28____________________ is destroying large areas of
tropical rainforest.