Environment Vocabulary Quiz

1. Many factories _______ harmful pollutants into the atmosphere.

A. donate
B. emit
C. minimize
2. You can _______ plastic bags again and again until they get holes in them.
A. reduce
B. resume
C. reuse
3. Americans _______ many products that are sold with excess packaging.
A. consume
B. protect
C. pollute
4. Burning fossil fuels can cause _______ to fall from the clouds.
A. smog
B. carbon footprints
C. acid rain
5. You can _______ organic household waste by having a compost bin in the garden.
A. fertilize
B. protect
C. recycle
6. Instead of throwing away old clothes, _______ them to organizations that help poor people.
A. consume
B. donate
C. emit
7. The company is _______ an ancient forest in order to sell the wood.
A. clear-cutting
B. reducing
C. recycling
8. Which is an example of climate change?
A. reforestation
B. global warming
C. air pollution
9. Environmentalists understand the importance of _______ forests and wetlands.
A. minimizing
B. banning
C. preserving
10. We will _______ if the government supports fossil fuel companies instead of tackling global warming.
A. prevent
B. protest
C. protect
11. Regulations only stop factories from _______ the environment if they're enforced.
A. protecting
B. consuming
C. polluting
12. We should _______ pollutants that seriously damage our health or the environment.
A. emit
B. use up
C. ban
13. Which can cause serious health or environmental problems?
A. hazardous waste
B. domestic waste
C. recycled waste
14. Energy-efficient vehicles and appliances use
A. no energy
B. more energy
C. less energy
15. If you're working for a reforestation project you're probably _______ trees.
A. planting
B. clearcutting
C. poisoning
16. The protection and preservation of natural resources and the environment is called
A. contamination
B. conservation
C. protectionism
17. To stop global warming we have to use _______ energy like solar and wind.
A. self-sufficient
B. fossil-fuel
C. renewable
18. Gases that stop heat from escaping into space are called _______ gases.
A. green
B. greenhouse
C. zero-emission
19. The place in which a plant, animal, bird or fish normally lives is its
A. habitat
B. food chain
C. eco-community
20. We're going to live in an environmentally-friendly
A. ecosystem
B. ecovillage
C. habitat