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Vocabulary: The Eco-friendly Vocabulary Quiz

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Here you have an enoooormous vocabulary quiz that covers almost all the expressions related to the environment -and looking after it- that you should be familiar with for a B2 level and use quite well in a C1. It’s a very long quiz with nearly questions, so it’s better to do it when you’re relaxed and not pressed for time.

You’ll will find all sorts of vocabulary related to this topic. Such as nouns, phrasal verbs and typically confusing words.

Created by blogdeserena

The Eco-friendly vocabulary quiz

Here you have a vocabulary quiz related to the environment and looking after it

 

Quiz by Serena

Lions are among many of the __species.

Governments should promote the use of ___energy instead of placing taxes on people for using solar panels.

We recycle all our rubbish by putting it in recycling...

Using public transport instead __driving your own car, can reduce pollution.

I always share my car with other work colleagues. What is known as ...

Many marine species have already died __due to overfishing.

Human action happens to be the biggest __ to the environment.

The places that produce energy by the use of windmills are called...

Pollution will eventually have a very negative _on our lives.

People should get hefty fines for ___ the streets.

The fumes that come out of vehicles are called ...

Next month we are going to get our home __in order to reduce electricity bills.

The word for the mixture of fog and smoke is ...

The three Rs refer to...

We are going to change the old light bulbs for __ones.

The word for the disposal of material by burying it is ...

We've installed solar _on our roof.

If an animal or a plant no longer exists it has become ...

The whole country is suffering a severe __due to the lack of rain.

A person who works for an organisation because they want to help and they are not paid for this is a/an...

The Amazon rainforest has gone through a process of ...

We should seriously consider cutting __ on the rubbish we create.

Which one of these words IS NOT caused by human actions?

Another way in which we can save energy is by __the lights off the when leaving a room.

A person who works looking after the environment is called...

We have to do our best to reduce our carbon...

A substance that doesn't contain a product that can harm the ozone is called...

The general word for places where living organisms exist is ...?

This happens when dust particles, gases, fumes and chemicals enter the atmosphere.

What's the word for the environment disaster that happens when a ship empties its oil into the sea?

What is the word for when massive amounts of earth move downwards due to heavy rains?

What do you do to _____electricity?

On many occasions the __caused to the environment is irreversible.

We should bear in mind how we ___of plastic bags if we want to reduce the amount of plastic that is reaching the oceans.

A noun that refers to the series of organisms each dependent on the other for food.

Many people don't realise the importance __recycling.

Which one of these phrases CAN NOT be caused by human actions?

Humans are too ready to wipe ___ species without calculating the costs this will have in the near future.

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