TEST YOUR VOCABULARY - PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT

Choose the best answers to complete the sentences below:

The heavily polluted water near the factory .................. the safety of the local people.

• endangers

• preserves

• contaminates

• is threatened

The word "disposal" means

• increasing

• the act of getting rid of something

• disovle

• a reduction in something

Solar energy, air and water are _____ resources because there is unlimited supply.

• limited

• renewable

• available

• non-renewable

People have used coal and oil to ____ electricity for a long time.

• generation

• generated

• generate

• generates

Find the synonym:

Many organizations have been set upand funds have been raised.

• established

• collapsed

• delayed

• decreased

Dinosaurs have been ......... for millions of years.

• endangered

• extinct

• threatened

• disapeared

There’s been a________ in Germany and a village was completely destroyed.

• flood

• drizzle

• shower

• smog

Environmentalists are furious with the American Government for delaying measures which will

reduce greenhouse gas________.

• exhaust fumes

• smokes

• wastes

• emissions

There will be________ , too. Some areas will become wetter while others will become much drier.

• weather changes

• weather forecasts

• climatic changes

• climate changes

There are lots of things we can all do to________ the environment.

• enhance

• protect

• make

• build