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1. General vocabulary related to the topic

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TRANSLATION

acid rain

aerosol

atmosphere

biodegradable

biodiversity

bottle bank

campaign

carbon dioxide

carbon monoxide

catastrophe

chemical

climate

climate change

coastal waters

conservation

deforestation

desertification

detergent

developing countries

drought

drought

dumping

earthquake

earthquake

ecological

ecosystem

endangered species

energy sources

environmental group/organization

exhaust fumes

extinction

factories

Your nline English Class

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fertilizer

flood

food chain

fuel

global warming

greenhouse effect

harmful

hurricane

industrial waste

landfill

natural disaster

nuclear energy

oil slick

oxygen

ozone hole

ozone layer

paper bank

poison

poisonous

polar ice caps

pollution

power sources (alternative…)

prevention

radiation

rainforest

recycling

renewable

resources

rubbish / garbage

rubbish damp

sea level

sewage

shortage of

smog

smoke

solar energy

surface

sustainable growth

Your nline English Class

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TRANSLATION

tidal wave

tide

timber

tornado

toxic waste

typhoon

ultraviolet light

unleaded petrol

volcanic eruption

waste

waste separation

wave power

wildlife

wind power

2. Verbs related to the environment

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to affect

to balance

to ban

to be aware

to be exposed to

to clean up

to collect

to consume

to contaminate

to cut/chop down

to damage

to destroy

to disappear

Your nline English Class

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TRANSLATION

to dump

to emit

to fertilize

to harm

to minimize

to plant

to pollute

to preserve

to prevent

to protect

to protest

to recycle

to reduce

to renew

to reuse

to save

to threaten

to throw away

to use up

to waste