Environment Vocabulary
This is the air, water, and land around us.
The environment
You do this with plastic, paper, and glass to help the planet.
Recycling
“People recycle paper.” → Change to passive.
Paper is recycled
“They cleaned the beach.”
The beach was cleaned
Name one thing you can recycle.
Paper / plastic / glass
This happens when the Earth gets warmer because of gases.
Global warming
Using less water and electricity is called this.
Saving energy / saving resources
“They produce cars in Germany.” → Change to passive.
Cars are produced in Germany
“Someone planted trees last year.”
Trees were planted last year
Make a passive sentence with: “people / pollute / rivers.”
Rivers are polluted
These are animals or plants in danger of disappearing.
Endangered species
This action means using something again instead of throwing it away.
Reusing
“We use solar energy in many countries.” → Change to passive.
Solar energy is used in many countries
“They built a factory near the river.”
A factory was built near the river
Make a sentence about the environment using “must.”
We must protect the environment (or similar correct answer)
Cutting down too many trees is called this.
Deforestation
Walking or biking instead of driving helps reduce this.
Pollution
“People don’t use plastic bags here.” → Change to passive.
Plastic bags are not used here
“They didn’t recycle the bottles.”
The bottles were not recycled
Correct the sentence: “Plastic bags is used everywhere.”
Plastic bags are used everywhere
This type of energy comes from the sun or wind.
Renewable energy
Planting trees helps reduce this global problem.
Climate change
“Do people protect endangered animals?” → Change to passive.
Are endangered animals protected?
“Did they destroy the forest?”
Was the forest destroyed?
“People destroyed many forests in the past” (passive)
Many forests were destroyed in the past