Name

Class

The natural world and environment

1 Use the vocabulary map to help you match the phrases.
1 air a mask
2 climate b park
3 dust c fumes
4 exhaust d farming
5 toxic e purifier
6 face f chemicals
7 organic g protection
8 national h change
9 environmental i storm

2 Choose the correct options to complete the sentences.

1 There is pollution everywhere on the planet – it’s a rural / a global / an urban problem.
2 Plants that can live in cool / wet / dry conditions need little water to survive.
3 Asia is the largest continent / country / countryside on the planet.
4 They stood on the cave / cliff / volcano and looked down on the beach below.
5 Bats / Crabs / Frogs are active at night – that’s when they fly around looking for food.
6 Ouch! A lamb / mosquito / rabbit just bit me!
7 I screamed when I saw huge black butterfly / hen / spider running up the wall.
8 The apples I buy are consumed / farmed / hunted organically.
9 If we don’t protect them, more species will come out / die out / go out.
10 They could only reach the mountain village by riding on donkeys / sharks / whales.

3 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

acid leaf petrol seaside smog smoke sunshine universe

1 They spent the day at the ______, where they swam and sunbathed.
2 If you don’t have an electric car, you need ______ for it to work.
3 ______ can burn, so be very careful when you use it in the lab.
4 The air quality is so bad there that people wear face masks to protect them from the ______.
5 The ______ is huge and we don’t know how many stars and planets it contains.
6 It’s a lovely day. Let’s go for a walk and enjoy the ______ and fresh air.
7 As I was walking through the park, a ______ fell from a tree and landed on my head.
8 From far away we could see factory ______ rising into the air.

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Answer key
1
1 e
2 h
3 i
4 c
5 f
6 a
7 d
8 b
9 g

2
1 a global
2 dry
3 continent
4 cliff
5 Bats
6 mosquito
7 spider
8 farmed
9 die out
10 donkeys

3
1 seaside
2 petrol
3 acid
4 smog
5 universe
6 sunshine
7 leaf
8 smoke

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