Environment

Which environmental threat do you associate this picture with?

1. Chemical spill from factory

2. Deforestation

3. Extinction of animals
Deforestation

Disapearance of forest, cutting down of trees, pollution and fires

cause deforestation and desertification. We talk about desertification
when the soil becomes dry and poor due to the transformation of
some landscapes into desert areas.
Which environmental threat do you associate these pictures
with?

1. Desertification

2. Nuclear power accident

3. Pollution
Pollution (industrial air pollution, oil spill and waste)

The accumulation of harmful substances on the air, water and

ground leads to environmental pollution.
Which environmental threat do you associate this picture with?

1. Chemical spill from factory

2. Oil spill

3. Habitat loss
Habitat loss

It occurs when natural areas are destroyed to make room for industry
and housing. The excessive development together with hunting and
fire cause the extinction of the animals that lived in those areas.
What can we do to help protect the environment?
Complete the sentences with the given words or expressions.

eco-friendly campaigned against healthy living

global citizenship wildlife conservation environmentally-
conscious

1. Chemical spills from factories and deforestation are just two of the
campaigned against
environmental problems he ______________________.

2. The solution to environmental damage is to reorganise our lives in

environmentally-conscious way.
an ______________________

3. Our technicians are developing a prototype to demonstrate a new

eco-friendly
______________________ method for treating wastewater.

4. Some communities are planting trees as a part of a common

project which brings benefits to the communities themselves and to
wildlife conservation
______________________.