Page 65 The environment answers A. 1. F (The opposite of
battery farming is
free range farming) 2. L 3. J (Some of these animals are called
protected species , which means that it is illegal to kill them) 4. E 5. B 6. C 7. D 8. K 9. I 10. G 11. H
12. A (we can also use the word
hunting , although there are some differences.
Poaching means to
hunt illegally )
B. 1. Green Belt 2. biodegradable packaging 3. greenhouse 4. rain forest 5. erosion 6. recycle 7. organic
8. genetically modified (we can also use the abbreviation GM) 9. unleaded petrol 10. Acid rain 11. ecosystem
12. emissions / fossil fuels 13. contaminated (we can also use the word polluted) 14. environmentalists
15. Global warming
Friends of the Earth and
Greenpeace are two organizations which campaign to protect the environment. A
third organization, the
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), protects endangered species of animals and
plants and their habitats. They are also involved in projects to control pollution.
C. 1. fossil fuels 2. acid rain 3. greenhouse 4. global warming 5. rain forest 6. contaminated 7. emissions / gases
8. Poaching 9. endangered species 10. ecosystem 11. recycle 12. biodegradable 13. genetically modified
14. organic 15. unleaded petrol 16. environmentalists 17. conservation programmes 18. battery farming
19. Green Belts
Other words and expressions which you might find useful include: degradation / legislation / overfishing / greenhouse effect / ozone layer / destruction / waste disposal / overpopulation
bottle bank / carbon dioxide / climatic change / sea level / re-use / energy efficiency / radioactive waste / toxic waste
CFC gases
