Natural Environments Vocab
Ecological Vocab
First Conditional
Second Conditional
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100

a large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier or ice sheet and carried out to sea.


iceberg

100
a change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels.




climate change / global warming

100

If I (go) out tonight, I (go) to the cinema.

If I go out tonight, I'll go to the cinema.

100

 If I (be) you, I (get) a new job.

 If I were you, I'd get a new job.

100

Our lives would be much easier if you (worked, would work, work) closer to home.

Our lives would be much easier if you worked closer to home.

200

a natural underground chamber in a hillside or cliff.


cave

200

an animal or plant that is seriously at risk of extinction.

endangered species

200

 If we (not/see) each other tomorrow, we (see) each other next week.

 If we don't see each other tomorrow, we'll see each other next week.

200

 You (lose) weight if you (eat) less.

 You would lose weight if you ate less.

200

If I didn't know you, I (would think, will think, thought) you were crazy.

If I didn't know you, I would think you were crazy.

300

a steep rock face, especially at the edge of the sea.


cliff

300

the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects.

pollution

300

If the weather (not/improve) , we (not/have) a picnic.

If the weather doesn't improve, we will not have a picnic.

300

If we (not/be) friends, I (be) angry with you.

If we weren't friends, I'd be angry with you.

300

Tell me the truth if you (could, will, can.)

Tell me the truth if you (could, will, can.)

400

a broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inwards.

bay

400

(of a material, substance, or by-product) eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required after the completion of a process.

waste

400

 He (not/get) a better job if he (not/pass) that exam.

 He won't get a better job if he doesn't pass that exam.

400

If she (not/be) always so late, she (be) promoted.

If she wasn't always so late, she'd be promoted.

400

If you had a bigger salary, you (buy, would buy, will buy more) unnecessary things.

If you had a bigger salary, you would buy unnecessary things.

500

a low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it.

valley

500
a colourless, odourless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration. It is naturally present in air (about 0.03 per cent) and is absorbed by plants in photosynthesis.


carbon dioxide

500

She (miss) the bus if she (not/leave) soon.

She'll miss the bus if she doesn't leave soon.

500

What you (do) if your company (offer) you a promotion in another country?


What would you do if your company offered you a promotion in another country?

500

If you (would be, will be, are) free tonight, we might go out for a drink, or to the cinema.


If you are free tonight, we might go out for a drink, or to the cinema.

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