Question

Match the words with their definitions.
1 global warming

2 the ozone layer

3 climate change

4 the greenhouse effect

5 ecology

6 the environment

7 the food chain

8 habitat

9 rainforest

10 deforestation

11 endangered

a. the air, water and land where people, animals and plants live
b. the way in which plants and animals and natural features of a place affect and depend on each other
c. the natural home of a plant or animal
d. the natural system in which, for example, an insect eats a plant, a bird eats the insect, an animal eats the bird, etc. with the result that all these different forms of life depend on each other
e. general increase in the temperature of the world, caused by pollution from cars, factories, etc
f. changes in the weather around the world, which result in much higher or lower temperatures, violent storms, floods, etc
g. the gradual warming of the Earth caused by pollution that stops heat from leaving the Earth's atmosphere
h. a layer of natural gases around the Earth. The ozone layer protects the Earth from the harmful effects of the sun, but pollution is causing a hole in it
i. a tropical forest with tall trees growing very close together, in an area where it rains a lot. It is very important for the balance of the Earth's ecology
j. a situation, in which most of the trees in an area are cut down or destroyed, resulting in great damage to the environment
k. a type of plant or animal that is likely to stop existing completely, for example because of hunting or pollution​

Answer 1

Ответ:

1. global warming - e. general increase in the temperature of the world, caused by pollution from cars, factories, etc

2. the ozone layer - h. a layer of natural gases around the Earth. The ozone layer protects the Earth from the harmful effects of the sun, but pollution is causing a hole in it

3. climate change - f. changes in the weather around the world, which result in much higher or lower temperatures, violent storms, floods, etc

4. the greenhouse effect - g. the gradual warming of the Earth caused by pollution that stops heat from leaving the Earth's atmosphere

5. ecology - b. the way in which plants and animals and natural features of a place affect and depend on each other

6. the environment - a. the air, water and land where people, animals and plants live

7. the food chain - d. the natural system in which, for example, an insect eats a plant, a bird eats the insect, an animal eats the bird, etc. with the result that all these different forms of life depend on each other

8. habitat - c. the natural home of a plant or animal

9. rainforest - i. a tropical forest with tall trees growing very close together, in an area where it rains a lot. It is very important for the balance of the Earth's ecology

10. deforestation - j. a situation, in which most of the trees in an area are cut down or destroyed, resulting in great damage to the environment

11. endangered - k. a type of plant or animal that is likely to stop existing completely, for example because of hunting or pollution