Environment

Describe it

100

Pollution

Making the air, water, or land dirty

200

Use up

To use all of something until none is left

300

Roadworks

Construction work on roads

400

Biodiversity

The variety of plants and animals in an area

500

The Greenhouse Effect & Global warming

• The natural process where gases in the atmosphere (like carbon dioxide) trap heat and keep Earth warm enough for life.
• The increase in Earth’s temperature over time, mainly because human activities add too many greenhouse gases.

Say the word

100

Cutting down many trees in a forest

Deforestation

200

To use materials again to make new things

To recycle

300

The layer of air around the Earth

Atmosphere

400

A machine that uses wind to make energy

Windmill

500

A type of plant or animal

Species

Use it in a sentence

100

Land

Farmers use land to grow food.

200

Smoke

Smoke from factories pollutes the air

300

Gases

Cars realse harmful gases into the air

400

Rubbish

There is no rubbish on the street

500

To recycle

We recycle plastic bottles at school.

Synonym

100

Species

Consume / finish all of something

200

Windmill

Wind turbine / wind energy machine

300

Warming effect/Global warming

Rising temperatures/Earth getting hotter

400

Noise

Loud soun/sound pollution

500

Roadworks

Road construcion/repairs

Category

100

Pollution - Environmental problems or environmental actions?

Environmental problems

200

Rubbish - Waste or Risk?

Waste

300

Smoke - Air pollution or Earth systems?

Air pollution

400

Biodiversity- Ecosystems or Animals and plants?

Ecosystems?

500

Windmill - Natural or Renewable energy?

Renewable enery