INSTITUTO DO EMPREGO E FORMAÇÃO PROFISSIONAL, I.P.

Delegação Regional do Centro

Centro de Emprego e Formação Profissional do Pinhal Interior Norte
Serviço de Emprego e Formação Profissional de Arganil

Curso de Técnico(a) de Comunicação e Serviço digital (L21TCD09)

Área de Competência-chave: Cultura, Língua e Comunicação
UFCD: Língua Estrangeira - Continuação – Inglês [CLC_LEC_1]

Formando/a: ______________________________________________________________________ No.___________________ Date: ________________________

Environmental issues - Vocabulary exercises

A- Put the words into the right group.

CO2 – temperature rise –car exhaust fumes – storm – higher sea levels – earthquake – waste - ice caps melting –
hurricane – toxic waste – endangered species – tornado – chemicals – avalanche – oil – volcanic eruption – fertilizers
–pesticides – drought – forest fire

Natural disasters Pollution Effects

storm CO2 temperature rise
earthquake car exhaust fumes higher sea levels
hurricane waste ice caps melting
tornado toxic waste endangered species
avalanche chemicals forest fire
volcanic eruption oil
drought fertilizers
pesticides

B- Match the words with their definition.

1- Pollution a) a layer in the earth’s atmosphere that blocks harmful rays from the sun.
2- Acid Rain b) a process of burying waste material.
3- Ozone Layer c) the situation when gas, steam or lava escapes from a volcano.
4- Greenhouse Effect d) when harmful waste products enter the air, water, or earth.
5- Over-population e) the warming of the earth’s atmosphere caused by gases.
6- Landslide f) rain that contains acid from industrial waste gases and smoke.
7- Landfill g) A sudden large fall of rocks or soil down a hillside.
8- Volcanic Eruption h) too many people living in the same area.

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d f a e h g b c

C- Use the word in brackets to form one word that fits in the blank space.

1- A lot of people feel that pollution(pollute) has become one of the biggest problems in the world today.

2- When you pollute something, you make it dirty or dangerous(danger) for other people or animals.

3- All living(live) things, especially people make waste.

4- Farm waste often contains poisonous(poison) chemicals.

Paula Cunha
 INSTITUTO DO EMPREGO E FORMAÇÃO PROFISSIONAL, I.P.
Delegação Regional do Centro
Centro de Emprego e Formação Profissional do Pinhal Interior Norte
Serviço de Emprego e Formação Profissional de Arganil

5- Farmers(farm) also use chemicals on fruit and vegetables.

6- Some people deliberately (deliberate) dump their waste in dangerous ways.

Paula Cunha