Tropical forests are being C_ _ / D _ _ _ at the rate of 30 football pitches/fields a minute.
cut down
What's the noun for "the process of making sth dirty or poisonous, or the state of containing unwanted or dangerous substances? C_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ N
contamination
How do you call the measure of the amount of carbon dioxide that your activities produce? _ _ _ _ _ N / _ _ _ _P_ _ _ _
carbon footprint
What is this? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ T
rainforest
What do you call when layers of ice permanently covering parts of the earth become liquid as a result of heating? M _ _ _ _ _ _ / I_ _ / C _ _ _
melting ice caps
Which one of the following sources of energy is not renewable?
nuclear
wind
bio fuels
solar
What is the undeveloped area around cities called? THE _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ T
the green belt
What is this? _ _ _ D / _ _ _ _ _ _ E
a wind turbine (also windmill)
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 are these? _ _ _ _ R / _ _ _ _ _ S
solar panels
What do we call polluted precipitation that damages plants and animals when it falls? _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ N
acid rain
What's the word for the electricity produced using the power of water? H _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Y
hydroelectricity
What are these called? _ _ _ _ _ _T / F_ _ _ _
exhaust fumes (also emissions)
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? S_ _ _ _ E
sewage
What's the word for a situation in which a plant, an animal, a way of life, etc. stops existing? E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ N
extinction
What are these? F_ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ S
fossil fuels
R_ _ _ _ _ E
recycle
What do you call a form of air pollution that is or looks like a mixture of smoke and fog, especially in cities? _ _ _ _
smog
What's the noun for the production or sending out of light, heat, gas, etc.? E_ _ _ _ _ _ N
emission
What adjective means "made to be thrown away after use"? E.g. D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E plastic products
disposable (plastic products)
Who are they? _ _ V_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S
environmentalists (also ecologists)
An area of land on which there are a lot of windmills or wind turbines for producing electricity: _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ M
wind farm
What do plants produce? _ _ _ _ _ _
Oxygen. Plants take in carbon dioxide and produce oxygen.
How do we describe something which can be easily broken down or decomposed naturally? B _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E
biodegradable /baɪəʊdɪˈɡreɪdəbəl)/
What are the three R's that help us to protect the environment?
Reduce, Recycle, Remember
Revise, Reduce, Recycle
Reuse, Recycle, Reduce
Reduce, Remember, Recycle
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? F_ _ _ / _ _ _ _
food mile (e.g. We keep food miles to a minimum by sourcing products locally.)
What are they doing? D_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ natural resources.
depleting
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? _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / E_ _ _ _ _
the greenhouse effect
What word do we use to describe the relationship between plants and animals in a particular environment? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ M
ecosystem
L _ _ _ _ _ _ L
landfill
What do you call the act of dropping rubbish on the ground in public places? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ G
littering
Raw sewage is being D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ D from the treatment plant directly into the river.
discharged
What is this type of energy called? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ L
geothermal
What adjective means "at risk of no longer existing"? E.g. The sea turtle is an _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ species .
endangered
What do greenhouse gases cause? G _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ G
global warming
What do you call the cutting down of trees in a large area, or the destruction of forests by people? D_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ N
deforestation
How do you call these energy sources? A_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E.
alternative (energy sources), (also renewable energy sources)
T _ _ _ _ / W _ _ _ _
toxic waste