Environmental problems

Α. Write the words in Greek:

1.      Deforestation

2.      Biodegradable

3.      Desertification

4.      Pesticides

5.      Landfill

6.      To impose

7.      Poaching

8.      Smog

9.      Layer

10.  Marine

B. Match the two halves to make collocations. Then, write their meaning in Greek

1.      Car

2.      Toxic

3.      Exhaust

4.      Public

5.      Acid

6.      Soil

7.      Coast

8.      Urban

9.      Habitat

10.  Oil

a.      Pipes

b.      Pollution

c.       Destruction

d.      Pooling

e.      Rain

f.        Transport

g.      Slick

h.      Areas

i.        Fumes

j.        Guard

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C. Read about the Greenhouse Effect, then fill in the missing words from the word bank below:

absorbs

advantage

carpooling

emitted

phenomenon

radiation

reduce

role

scientists

trapped

The world is a greenhouse. The ……………….…(1) of the atmosphere is to insulate and warm the surface of the earth. The greenhouse effect is not a new phenomenon. Humans can help reduce the increasing greenhouse effect.
            The atmosphere insulates and warms the surface of the earth. Incoming solar ………………….(2) passes through the atmosphere. The surface of the earth …………………(3) some of the radiation. The unabsorbed radiation is …………………..(4) back out in the form of infrared radiation. Gases, such as, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and water vapour absorb the reflected infrared radiation. These gases re-emit infrared radiation, some of which the earth absorbs. The greenhouse effect is the absorption of infrared energy by the surface of the earth and the atmosphere.
           The greenhouse effect is not a new ……………………...(5). The sun has always shone on the earth as far as …………………….(6) can say. In addition, the earth has always had an atmosphere. The atmosphere and the gases in it have caught and ………………………(7) solar radiation since time began. Life could not continue and would not have started without the atmospheric gases creating the Greenhouse effect.
            Humans can help reduce the greenhouse effect. By reducing the amount of gases released into the atmosphere, humans can ……………………..(8) the infrared radiation, which causes the greenhouse effect. There are several ways to control the amount of gases released. Humans could take …………………….(9) of the already existing bus, subway and train systems. ……………………..(10) is another way humans could reduce the amount of harmful emissions gases released into the atmosphere. Filling the gas tank and mowing grass after the sun goes down are additional ways to reduce the greenhouse effect.

D. Read the following sentences, then write R for REASON, C for CONSEQUENCE and S for SOLUTION and say which phenomenon they are relevant to:

1.      Creation of conservation areas………… , …………………………………………………………..

2.      Global warming ………… , …………………………………………………………..

3.      Sprays containing CFCs ………… , …………………………………………………………..

4.      Leaks of fuel from ships ………… , …………………………………………………………..

5.      Reduce the use of fertilizers  ………… , …………………………………………………………..

6.      Over-hunting and over-fishing  ………… , …………………………………………………………..

7.      People litter beaches ………… , …………………………………………………………..

8.      Buying products with less packaging  ………… , …………………………………………………………..

9.      Disruption of the food chain ………… , …………………………………………………………..

10.  Polar ice is melting  ………… , …………………………………………………………..