ENVIRONMENTAL

ISSUES
VOCABULARY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

PEOPLE ARE… ANIMALS ARE… ICE PLATFORMS ARE…

cutting down trees. dying. melting.

disturbing animals. losing their habitat
hunting animals.
leaving rubbish on
beaches.
building new houses and
roads
These animals are in danger!
Read the text. Complete the text with the verbs from above. Use two
of the verbs twice.
1) Summers are hotter and winters are colder than in the past. Monarch butterflies
are _________
2) Hunters are _________ elephants for their tusks, rhinos for their horns and tigers for
their fur.
3) Crocodiles are _________ their habitat because people are _________ new houses
and roads.
4) Penguins eat fish, and fish feed on organisms that grow on ice. Polar bears hunt
from ice platforms. These animals can’t find enough food because ice platforms
are _________ .
5) Gorillas are _________ their habitat because people are _________ down trees.
6) Some people are _________ whales for their meat. In Japan, people eat whale meat
at restaurants.
7) Turtles lay eggs on beaches. Tourists are _________ them because they are
LEAVING rubbish on beaches.
ANSWER
1. Why are monarch butterflies dying?
2. Why are gorillas and crocodiles losing their habitat?
3. Why can't penguins and polar bears find enough food?
4. Why do some people hunt tigers, whales, rhinos and elephants?
5. What do sea turtles do on beaches?
MATCH
CUT DOWN
LOSE THEIR HABITATS

DISTURB
RUBBISH ON BEACHES

HUNT
TREES

LEAVE
DIE

BUILD
MELT

ANIMALS
ANIMALS
ICE
PLATFORMS ANIMALS

ANIMALS HOUSES OR ROADS

COMPLETE THE VERBS
1. Whales are in danger because some people are still _______ them.
2. Monarch butterflies are _______ because the climate is changing.
3. Polar bears can’t find food because Arctic ice is _______ .
4. Some gorillas can’t find a place to live because people are _______
trees.
5. Tourists are disturbing turtles. They are _______ rubbish on the
beach.
6. Crocodiles are in danger because they are _______ their habitat.