Unit 5 Vocab

What is the term for the process of cutting down or removing all the trees in an area?

• Incineration

• Deforestation

• Harvesting

• Blighting

Which word describes broken fragments resulting from the destruction of a building?

• Terrain

• Rubble

• Origin

• Intact

What does the term "biodiversity" refer to?

• The destruction of natural habitats

• The variety of different types of life found in a specific place

• The process of burning waste material

• The physical features of an area of land

Which verb means to destroy something, especially waste material, by burning it?

• Languish

• Incinerate

• Perish

• Harvest

What does "indigenous" mean?

• Evil in nature, influence, or effect

• Of, relating to, or descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a place

• In a badly damaged or deteriorated condition

• Barely; hardly; not quite

Which word describes using resources in a way that meets our needs now but doesn't stop future generations from meeting their needs?

• Sustainable

• Objective

• Primal

• Deviant

What does the word "scarcely" mean?

• Completely destroyed

• Barely; hardly; not quite

• Very basic, powerful or essential feelings

• The ability to judge correctly what is going to happen in the future

Which adjective describes something that is not damaged or impaired in any way?

• Blighted

• Intact

• Malignant

• Deviant

What is the meaning of "foresight"?

• The ability to judge correctly what is going to happen in the future and plan your actions based on this knowledge

• The point at which something begins its course or existence

• The physical features of an area of land

• People in the future

Which word refers to people in the future?

• Posterity

• Origin

• Terrain

• Primal