UNIT 9: PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT 08

Environmentalists are furious with the American Government for delaying measures which will reduce greenhouse gas ____.

• exhaust fumes  

• smokes

• wastes 

• emissions

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The government is introducing strict new rules on the dumping of ____ by industry.

• pesticides

• exhaust fumes.

• toxic waste 

• emissions

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Farmers contribute to environmental damage by spraying ____ with ____, which stay in the soil for years.

• agriculture – pesticides  

• agriculture - fertilizers

• crops – fertilizers 

• crops - pesticides

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

The gradual rise in the Earth's temperature is known as ____.

• greenhouse effect 

• global warming

• ozone layer

• acid rain

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The ____ that are produced by factories and cars are allowing more ____ from the sun to reach carth.

• gases – radiation

• gases - light  

• gas – light 

• gas - radiation

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

As the Earth gets hotter, the Arctic and Antarctic ­­­­____ will slowly melt and the level of the oceans will rise.

• snowballs

• avalanches

• ice caps

• icebergs

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

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

• weather changes  

• weather forecasts   

• climatic changes 

• climate changes

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Thousands of acres of forest are being cut down every year and the ____ of many animals are being destroyed.

• natural resources

• natural habitats

• ways of life 

• living

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Many of the world's largest cities are ____ and some are permanently covered by a ____.

• heavily polluted - polluted cloud  

• heavy pollution - polluted cloud

• heavy pollution - cloud of pollution 

• heavily polluted - cloud of pollution

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Make sure your car runs on unleaded petrol and your home uses sources of ____ energy.

• recycling

• reused  

• renewable

• recyclable

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5