Unit 8.1 Green Business Vocabulary Review Prt.2

What does the term 'protect' mean?

• To keep safe from harm

• To destroy

• To cause harm

• To reduce

What is conservation?

• Destroying natural things

• Reducing the amount of natural things

• Keeping natural things safe from harm

• Causing harm to natural things

What does 'impact' refer to?

• No change caused by an event

• A small change caused by an event

• A reduction caused by an event

• A big change caused by an event

What does 'recycled' mean?

• Destroyed materials

• Reduced materials

• Created from new materials

• Created from previously used materials by a special process

What does the term 'environment' encompass?

• The human-made world

• The ecosystem, nature, wildlife, flora and fauna, the world

• The outer space

• The underground world

What is pollution?

• The introduction of harmful materials into the environment

• The introduction of helpful materials into the environment

• The conservation of harmful materials in the environment

• The reduction of harmful materials in the environment

What is damage?

• Reduction in the value of something

• No harm caused to something

• Physical harm caused to something which makes it less attractive, useful or valuable

• Positive effects caused to something

What does 'reduction' mean?

• Decrease in the amount of something

• No change in the amount of something

• Increase in the amount of something

• Destruction of something

What is destruction?

• Conservation, maintenance

• Increase, growth

• Elimination, eradication

• Preservation, protection

What is the meaning of 'conservation'?

• Keeping natural things safe from harm

• Causing harm to natural things

• Reducing the amount of natural things

• Destroying natural things