Environment vocabulary

You can _______ plastic bags again and again until they get holes in them.

• reuse

• resume

• reduce

Burning fossil fuels can cause _______ to fall.

• smog

• carbon footprints

• acid rain

You can _______ organic household waste by having a compost bin in the garden.

• protect

• recycle

• fertilize

Instead of throwing away old clothes, _______ them to organizations that help poor people.

• consume

• donate

• emit

Environmentalists understand the importance of _______ forests and wetlands.

• minimizing

• banning

• preserving

We should _______ pollutants that seriously damage our health or the environment.

• emit

• use up

• ban

The protection and preservation of natural resources and the environment is called

______________.

• contamination

• conservation

• protectionism

To stop global warming we have to use _______ energy like solar and wind.

• new

• fossil-fuel

• renewable

Gases that stop heat from escaping into space are called _______ gases.

• green

• greenhouse

• zero-emission

The place in which a plant, animal, bird or fish normally lives is its

______________

• habitat

• food chain

• eco-community