Environment vocabulary (C1) | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

What do you call when layers of ice permanently covering parts of the earth become liquid as a result of heating?

melting ice caps

melting ice cops

melting ice cubes

melting ice cubs

What do you call a form of air pollution that is or looks like a mixture of smoke and fog, especially in cities?

smog

smoke

smug

smokey

What do you call the act of dropping rubbish on the ground in public places?

littering

What adjective means "at risk of no longer existing"? E.g. The sea turtle is an _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ species .

endangered

T _ _ _ _ / W _ _ _ _

toxic waste

An area of land on which there are a lot of windmills or wind turbines for producing electricity: W _ _ _ / _ _ _ M

wind farm

How do you call the problem of the slow steady rise in temperature of the earth’s atmosphere, caused by an increase of gases such as carbon dioxide?

the greenhouse effect

What do you call a measurement of the distance food has to be transported from the producer to the consumer and the fuel that this uses?

food mile

food mill

food mils

food milestones

How do you call these energy sources?

alternative or renewable energy sources

How do you call the measure of the amount of carbon dioxide that your activities produce? _ _ _ _ _ N / _ _ _ _P_ _ _ _

carbon footprint

What are they doing? __________ natural resources.

depleting

discharing

degrading

detrading

What do greenhouse gases cause? G _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ G

global warming

Who are they?

environmentalists (also ecologists)

What is this? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ T

rainforest

What do we call polluted precipitation that damages plants and animals when it falls? _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ N

acid rain

How do we describe something which can be easily broken down or decomposed naturally? B _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E

biodegradable /baɪəʊdɪˈɡreɪdəbəl)/

What is the undeveloped area around cities called?

the green belt

the green shirt

the green short

the green band

What are these called?

exhaust fumes

exhaust smokes

exhaust smogs

exhaust fuming

What is this?

a wind turbine

a wind stick

a wind roller

What word do we use to describe the relationship between plants and animals in a particular environment? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ M

ecosystem

What is this type of energy called? G _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ L

geothermal

What are these? F_ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ S

fossil fuels

What are these? _ _ _ _ R / _ _ _ _ _ S

solar panels

What's the word for the electricity produced using the power of water? H _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Y

hydroelectricity

What are the three R's that help us to protect the environment?

Reuse, Recycle, Reduce

Reduce, Recycle, Remember

Reduce, Remember, Recycle

Revise, Reduce, Recycle

Which one of the following sources of energy is not renewable?

nuclear

solar

bio fuels

wind

What adjective means "made to be thrown away after use"? E.g. D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E plastic products

disposable (plastic products)

Tropical forests are being C_ _ / D _ _ _ at the rate of 30 football pitches/fields a minute.

cut down

What's the noun for the production or sending out of light, heat, gas, etc.? E_ _ _ _ _ _ N

emission

What phrasal verb has the meaning "to get rid of sb/sth that you do not want or cannot keep? D_ _ _ _ _ _ / O_

dispose of

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?

sewage

seawind

sewing

sewige

L _ _ _ _ _ _ L

landfill

What do you call the cutting down of trees in a large area, or the destruction of forests by people? D_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ N

deforestation