RW4 - U7 - Vocab preview

Mass flooding due to a rise in the planet's temperature is the ______ for global warming

• worst-case scenario

• soil erosion

• urban sprawl

• biodiversity

Business has been ______ ever since they started advertising on the Internet

• irrigate

• putting a strain on

• died out

• thriving

With more housing needed for the increasing population, ______ is inevitable

• biodiversity

• urban sprawl

• scarce

• worst-case scenario

Countries in which natural resources are ______ have to import them.

• scarce

• thriving

• tapping into

• sustainable

The underground rail system is nearly a hundred years old and modern demands are _______it

• tapping into

• putting a strain on

• thriving

• irrigating

Due to the water shortage, the farmer could only _____ their lands on particular days

• sustainable

• scarce

• worst-case scenario

• irrigate

Many architects today design buildings which save energy and are more ______ than those in the past

• renewable energy

• thriving

• sustainable

• biodiversity

Many petroleum companies have started to invest in ______ as an alternative for the future

• renewable energy

• urban sprawl

• biodiversity

• soil erosion

______ is a natural process but it becomes a serious problem when poor farming techniques are used

• Soil erosion

• Renewable energy

• Urban sprawl

• Worst-case scenario

The company has tried ________ the new renewable energy market in the past but they lacked experience in the field

• tapping into

• thriving

• sustainable

• scarce