Vocabulary in Context
What is a carbon footprint?
The total amount of greenhouse gases emitted by an individual.
What is consumption?
The noun form of the verb to consume.
What is recycle / reduce? (If you recycle more, you reduce waste.)
If you ___ (recycle) more, you ___ (reduce) waste. (Zero Conditional)
Who is Greta Thunberg?
The Swedish activist who started the "Fridays for Future" movement with her protest outside the Swedish parliament in 2018.
What is recycling?
The process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects, reducing the consumption of fresh raw materials.
What are renewable energy sources?
Natural resources that can be replenished naturally, such as sunlight, wind, and water.
What is emission?
The noun form of the verb to emit.
What is don't reduce / will rise? (If we don't reduce emissions, global temperatures will rise faster.)
If we ___ (not reduce) emissions, global temperatures ___ (rise) faster. (First Conditional)
Who is Al Gore?
The former Vice President of the United States who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for his work on climate change and the documentary "An Inconvenient Truth".
What is solar energy?
A type of energy captured from the sun using solar panels.
What are fossil fuels?
Fuels formed from the remains of ancient organisms, including coal, oil, and natural gas.
What is sustainability?
The noun form of the adjective sustainable.
What is were / would invest? (If I were the president, I would invest more in renewable energy.)
If I ___ (be) the president, I ___ (invest) more in renewable energy. (Second Conditional)
Who is Lady Bird Johnson? (or accept: Jane Fonda — both are environmental activists)
"The environment is where we all meet; where we all have a mutual interest. It is the one thing all of us share." The American actress and activist who said this.
What is carbon capture and storage (CCS)?
A technology that captures carbon dioxide emissions from sources like power plants and stores it underground to prevent it from entering the atmosphere.
What is eutrophication?
The process by which a body of water becomes enriched with nutrients, leading to excessive plant growth and oxygen depletion.
What is deforestation?
The noun form of the verb to deforest.
What is had introduced / would have decreased?
If the government ___ (introduce) stricter laws earlier, pollution levels ___ (decrease) significantly. (Third Conditional)
What is the Paris Agreement?
The international agreement adopted in 2015 to limit global warming to well below 2°C, preferably to 1.5°C, compared to pre-industrial levels.
What is organic farming?
A type of agriculture that focuses on growing food in harmony with nature, without using synthetic pesticides or fertilizers.
What is recycling?
The process of converting waste materials into new materials, which is crucial for reducing landfill.
What is environmental?
The adjective form of the noun environment that means "relating to the natural world".
Acceptable answer: the air quality would be much better now (Mixed Conditional)
Complete the sentence: If we had switched to electric cars ten years ago, ... (finish with a logical consequence)
What is Climate Change? (IPCC — Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)
The name of the United Nations body that assesses the science related to climate change. Its full name is the Intergovernmental Panel on...
What is a circular economy?
An economic model that aims to eliminate waste and the continual use of resources by designing products for reuse, repair, and recycling.