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Environment vocabulary (C1)

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    Environment
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  • What do you call the cutting down of trees in a large area, or the destruction of forests by people? D_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ N
    deforestation
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  • L _ _ _ _ _ _ L
    landfill
  •  15
  • What's the word for used water and waste substances that are produced by human bodies, that are carried away from houses and factories through special pipes?
    sewing
    seawind
    sewage
    sewige
  •  15
  • What phrasal verb has the meaning "to get rid of sb/sth that you do not want or cannot keep? D_ _ _ _ _ _ / O_
    dispose of
  •  15
  • What's the noun for the production or sending out of light, heat, gas, etc.? E_ _ _ _ _ _ N
    emission
  •  10
  • Tropical forests are being C_ _ / D _ _ _ at the rate of 30 football pitches/fields a minute.
    cut down
  •  5
  • What adjective means "made to be thrown away after use"? E.g. D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E plastic products
    disposable (plastic products)
  •  15
  • Which one of the following sources of energy is not renewable?
    wind
    bio fuels
    nuclear
    solar
  •  5
  • What are the three R's that help us to protect the environment?
    Reduce, Recycle, Remember
    Reduce, Remember, Recycle
    Reuse, Recycle, Reduce
    Revise, Reduce, Recycle
  •  5
  • What's the word for the electricity produced using the power of water? H _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Y
    hydroelectricity
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  • What are these? _ _ _ _ R / _ _ _ _ _ S
    solar panels
  •  5
  • What are these? F_ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ S
    fossil fuels
  •  10
  • What is this type of energy called? G _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ L
    geothermal
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  • What word do we use to describe the relationship between plants and animals in a particular environment? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ M
    ecosystem
  •  10
  • What is this?
    a wind roller
    a wind stick
    a wind turbine
  •  10
  • What are these called?
    exhaust smokes
    exhaust smogs
    exhaust fumes
    exhaust fuming
  •  15