c2 honors, vocabulary pages 90-91

Mosquitoes are extremely ______________ in this dark wet place.

• airborne

• staggering

• composed

• abundant

The ___________ population is depleting the water and food supplies in this area.

• burgeoning

• staggering

• contentious

• pollutant

__________ of water is a growing problem.

• Abundance

• Negation

• Composition

• Shortage

Composition is a synonym to general makeup.

• TRUE

• FALSE

No one could have anticipated the __________ succees of her first book.

• composed

• eroded

• staggering

• airborne

He warned that to ________ the results of elections would only make things worse.

• erode

• negate

• burgeon

• contend

Health workers wear masks to avoid breathing in harmful ___________ bacteria.

• erosion

• ozone

• fossil

• airborne

___________ are non-renewable and rapidly running out.

• Fossil fuels

• Exhaust fumes

• Carbon emissions

• Airborne pollutants

The reduction in layer of ozone gas protecting the earth:

• greenhouse effect

• ozone depletion

Gradual removal of rock and soil by the wind, rain or sea:

• shortage

• effect

• erosion

• depletion