Unit 2: Environment (Vocabulary Revision)

(Noun) The process of building something, usually large structures such as houses, roads, or bridges.

• Climate

• Construction

• Absorb

• Annual

(Adjective) Happening or produced once a year.

• Consequences

• Atmosphere

• Annual

• Challenge

(Noun) The layer of gases around the Earth.

• Area

• Cause

• Atmosphere

• Effect

(Noun) Someone or something that makes something happen.

• Contribute

• Cause

• Issue

• Trend

(Noun) Something that is difficult and tests someone’s ability or determination.

• Challenge

• Effect

• Logging

• Predict

(Noun) The general weather conditions usually found in a particular place.

• Construction

• Global warming

• Climate

• Rainforest

(Noun) The results of an action or situation, especially bad results.

• Farming

• Consequences

• Destruction

• Logging

(Noun) All the living things in an area and the effect they have on each other and the environment.

• Effect

• Atmosphere

• Rainforest

• Ecosystem

(Noun) The act of causing so much damage to something that it stops existing because it cannot be repaired.

• Effect

• Logging

• Destruction

• Fossil fuel

(Verb) To take in a liquid or gas through a surface and hold it.

• Predict

• Absorb

• Threaten

• Greenhouse gas