English : Common Core Classes

Unit 9 (Environment & Ecology) - Vocabulary

 

 

Teacher : Mme ZAARA Asmae

 

Summary

 

I- Activities

1-1/ Pollution

1-2/ Deforestation

1-3/ Save the Planet

II- Practice

2-1/ Exercise 1

 


I- Activities

 

1-1/ Pollution

  • There are 20 words in this puzzle. All of them are related to nature and the environment. Find the words and write them down. The words read horizontally and vertically :

 

 

1-2/ Deforestation

  • Complete the sentences with appropriate words from the list :

drought - rain - land - deforestation - Egging - rainfall - desertification - oxygen - species - rain forests - trees

1. The massive ____________ and the destruction of other vegetation in the tropical ____________ have decreased the ____________ in the air. By cutting down ____________ and plants in these forests, some animal ____________ have also disappeared.

2. The ____________ for the purpose of heating or cooking in the Southeast of Morocco has resulted into arid or deserted ____________ causing an alarming ____________ in the area.

3. The yearly ____________ in the desert is usually less than that in the tropical areas where ____________ is very heavy almost all the year. For this reason, many people leave their villages because of these long periods of ____________ .

 

 

1-3/ Save the Planet

  • Rearrange the letters to write words related to environment  :
1. envitronmen: environment
2. colegyo : ______________
3. loupliton : ______________
4. fresto : ______________
5. savantodite : ______________
6. heart : ______________
7. piecess : ______________
8. regadadnoti : ______________
9. cyclering : ______________
10. metalic : ______________
11. stanpl : ______________
12. manalis : ______________
13. stationcerfiode : ______________
14. anafu : ______________
15. nicotinext : ______________
16. arin ofstres : ______________
17. genyox : ______________
18. clapsit : ______________

 

II- Practice

 

2-1/ Exercise 1

  • Match the words in the list below with their definitions :
  • a. Amazon
  • b. banana
  • c. carbon dioxide
  • d. chocolate
  • e. deforestation
  • f. equator
  • g. extinct
  • h. forest
  • i. oxygen
  • j. rain
  • k. rainforest
  • l. rubber
  1. An area covered with trees and bushes.
  2. This imaginary line crosses our planet in the middle. Above it is the North Hemisphere. Below it is the South Hemisphere.
  3. Trees absorb this gas in the air and produce oxygen. This gas is harmful to our health.
  4. A tropical fruit that grows in rainforests. This fruit is green when it is not ripe. It turns yellow when it is ripe and ready to eat.
  5. Rainforests are humid all year. They have, on average, about 10 cm of this per month.
  6. This is made from a rainforest plant called the cacao tree.
  7. This is the world's largest rainforest. The river of the same name flows through this rainforest of South America.
  8. We extract latex, a white and sticky liquid, from a rainforest tree to produce this material.
  9. We must breathe this gas in the air to survive.
  10. This ecosystem is hot and humid all year round. Chameleons, chimpanzees and other animals live here.
  11. This word describes species of animals or plants that no longer exist on earth. Reasons for their disappearance include pollution, over-hunting, or climate changes.
  12. We use this term to describe the disappearance of forests due to land development, cultivation, or logging.