Vocabulary: The environment

1. As __________continues, local issues become international ones.

   Which of the following fits the blank?

• globalisation

• pollution

• deforestation

• urbanisation

Some of the major problems now affecting the world are __________ rain, air pollution, global warming, hazardous waste, ozone depletion, smog, water pollution, overpopulation, and rainforest destruction. Which environmental issue completes the sentence?

• acid

• water

• ozone

• overpopulation

People are also worried about the __________ effect, where an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide [CO₂] and other gases in the Earth's atmosphere causes a gradual warming __________ the surface of the Earth.

Which word fits both blanks correctly?

• climate, in

• greenhouse, of

• global, on

• ozone, at

This global warming is leading to the thawing of the __________ ice caps and all this is causing concern about climate change. What word completes this sentence?

• Antarctic

• Arctic

• mountain

• polar

Both __________ behaviour and climate change have led to many animal and plant species becoming __________ or even extinct. Which options are correct for these blanks?

• human, endangered

• animal, extinct

• plant, extinct

• environmental, endangered

Choose the correct preposition: "The increase in carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere is causing a gradual warming __________ the surface of the Earth."

• on
  
  

• at

• of

• in

Which conjunction best completes the sentence:

"People are worried about the greenhouse effect, __________ they are also concerned about other environmental problems like air pollution and smog."

• although

• because

• and

• but