What do you call a form of air pollution that is or looks like a mixture of smoke and fog, especially in cities?
smoke
smog
smokey
smug
What is this?
a wind stick
a wind roller
a wind turbine
What's the word for the electricity produced using the power of water? H _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Y
hydroelectricity
What do greenhouse gases cause? G _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ G
global warming
What adjective means "made to be thrown away after use"? E.g. D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E plastic products
disposable (plastic products)
What are the three R's that help us to protect the environment?
Reduce, Recycle, Remember
Reuse, Recycle, Reduce
Revise, Reduce, Recycle
Reduce, Remember, Recycle
What adjective means "at risk of no longer existing"? E.g. The sea turtle is an _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ species .
endangered
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 are these? F_ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ S
fossil fuels
What word do we use to describe the relationship between plants and animals in a particular environment? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ M
ecosystem
How do you call these energy sources?
alternative or renewable energy sources
What do you call the cutting down of trees in a large area, or the destruction of forests by people? D_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ N
deforestation
What is this type of energy called? G _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ L
geothermal
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 milestones
food mile
food mils
food mill
What is this? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ T
rainforest
What are they doing? __________ natural resources.
detrading
discharing
depleting
degrading
How do you call the measure of the amount of carbon dioxide that your activities produce? _ _ _ _ _ N / _ _ _ _P_ _ _ _
carbon footprint
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?
seawind
sewige
sewage
sewing
What are these called?
exhaust smogs
exhaust smokes
exhaust fumes
exhaust fuming
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
Who are they?
environmentalists (also ecologists)
What do you call the act of dropping rubbish on the ground in public places?
littering
L _ _ _ _ _ _ L
landfill
T _ _ _ _ / W _ _ _ _
toxic waste
What do we call polluted precipitation that damages plants and animals when it falls? _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ N
acid rain
An area of land on which there are a lot of windmills or wind turbines for producing electricity: W _ _ _ / _ _ _ M
wind farm
What are these? _ _ _ _ R / _ _ _ _ _ S
solar panels
What phrasal verb has the meaning "to get rid of sb/sth that you do not want or cannot keep? D_ _ _ _ _ _ / O_
dispose of
Which one of the following sources of energy is not renewable?
bio fuels
solar
wind
nuclear
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 band
the green belt
the green shirt
the green short
What do you call when layers of ice permanently covering parts of the earth become liquid as a result of heating?
melting ice cops
melting ice cubes
melting ice caps
melting ice cubs