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    This document provides vocabulary related to global warming. It contains exercises to complete charts with nouns, adjectives, verbs and nouns related to topics like nature, harm, ice, heat and pollution. Compound words are also formed combining these terms, like "greenhouse effect" and "fossil fuels". Examples are given to use the vocabulary in sentences, such as how unleaded petrol causes less pollution than leaded petrol and how organic farming means fewer chemicals pollute the land. The destruction of forests is said to contribute to the greenhouse effect and global warming.

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    This document provides vocabulary related to global warming. It contains exercises to complete charts with nouns, adjectives, verbs and nouns related to topics like nature, harm, ice, heat and pollution. Compound words are also formed combining these terms, like "greenhouse effect" and "fossil fuels". Examples are given to use the vocabulary in sentences, such as how unleaded petrol causes less pollution than leaded petrol and how organic farming means fewer chemicals pollute the land. The destruction of forests is said to contribute to the greenhouse effect and global warming.

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    GLOBAL WARMING (vocabulary)

    1. Complete the chart with nouns and adjectives.

    NOUN ADJECTIVE VERB NOUN


    1. nature 1. consume
    2. harm 2. conserve
    3. ice 3. recycle
    4. heat 4. damage
    5. protector 5. pollute
    6. disaster 6. waste
    7. humidity 7. destroy
    8. environment 8. extinct

    2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words from exercise 1.
    1. _________________________ is the protection of natural things, e.g., plants and animals. CONSERVE
    2. Unfortunately, pesticides kill off beneficial insects as well as ___________________ones. HARM
    3. The results of the flood were_________________________. DISASTER
    4. Sulphur dioxide is a ____________________ and a major contributor to acid rain. POLLUTE
    5. ______________________ of rubbish costs money and requires special equipment. RECYCLE
    6. Gas and oil _________________________ always increases in cold weather. CONSUME
    7. These measures are strongly supported by ______________groups. ENVIRONMENT

    3. Form compound nouns or phrases.

    1 the ozone a) petrol 1 fossil a) resources


    2 bottle b) fumes 2 carbon b) turbine
    3 global c) rain 3 solar c) farming
    4 renewable d) layer 4 organic d) fuels
    5 unleaded e) warming 5 natural e) dioxide
    6 exhaust f) banks 6 wind f) effect
    7 acid g) energy 7 greenhouse g) power

    4. Complete the sentences using compound words from exercise 3.


    1. Using ___________________________ means that glass is re-used rather than thrown away.
    2. ______________________________ causes less air pollution than leaded petrol.
    3. ______________________________ means that fewer chemicals pollute the land – and our bodies.
    4. Once __________________________ gets into the atmosphere, it stays there for an extremely long time.
    5. The term “_________________________" is applied, for example, to energy deriving from solar radiation.
    6. The destruction of forests is contributing to the _____________________________________.
    7. Coal is usually referred to as a_________________________________.
    8. The _______________________ from the cars and buses pour in through the open windows of our bus.

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    Answer Key
    Ex. 1

    1 natural 1 consumer/consumption
    2 harmful/harmless 2 conservation / conservationist
    3 icy 3 recycling
    4 hot 4 damage
    5 protective 5 pollution/pollutant
    6 disastrous 6 waste
    7 humid 7 destruction
    8 environmental 8 extinction

    Ex. 2

    1. Conservation 2 harmful 3 disastrous 4 pollutant 5 Recycling


    6 consumption 7 environmental

    Ex. 3

    I) 1 d 2f 3e 4g 5a 6b 7c

    II) 1 d 2e 3g 4c 5a 6b 7f

    Ex. 4

    1. bottle banks
    2. Unleaded petrol
    3. Organic farming
    4. carbon dioxide
    5. ‘renewable energy’
    6. greenhouse effect / global warming
    7. fossil fuel
    8. exhaust fumes

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