Match the words in the first column with their explanation in the second column
| A
| 1. ecology
| a. radioactive dust from a nuclear explosion
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| 2. pollution
| b. extinguished
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| 3. protection
| c. serious illness of people, plants, animals
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| 4. environment
| d. making dirty
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| 5. catastrophe
| e. substance, either natural or man-made which is formed by elements
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| 6. depletion
| f. defense
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| 7. extinct
| g. disaster
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| 8. chemical
| h. a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments
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| 9. fall out
| i. a reduction in number or quantity so as to endanger the ability to function
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| 10. disease
| j. surroundings in which you live
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| B
| 1. wildlife
| a. harm
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| 2. suffer
| b. type of oxygen
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| 3. water shortage
| c. ecological system
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| 4. damage
| d. the state or condition supported, kept or continued
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| 5. ozone
| e. be in a difficult situation
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| 6. sustainability
| f. result
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| 7. consequence
| g. warning that smth. unpleasant will happen or will be done
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| 8. radioactive
| h. of uranium, having atoms that break up and in doing so send out rays in the form of electricity
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| 9. threat
| i. wild animals, birds, insects, etc., taken collectively
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| 10. eco-system
| j. lack in water
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| C
| 1. recycling
| a. a person who works towards protecting the environment from destruction or pollution
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| 2. reclamation
| b. a natural product to make the soil more productive for agriculture
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| 3. deforestation
| c. material that is used for producing heat by burning
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| 4. environmentalist
| d. a programme for planting trees to replace those which have been destroyed
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| 5. conservationist
| e. the collection of raw materials so that they can be used
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| 6. reforestation
| f. someone who wants to keep things exactly as they are
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| 7. fossil fuel
| g. the destruction of forests resulting from excessive cutting out.
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| 8. fertilizer
| h. to obtain useful material from a waste product
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Find all suitable nouns for each of the adjectives or participles.
| vanishing
| environment
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| a renewable
| accident
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| alternative
| movement
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| harmful
| plants and animals
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| radioactive
| effect
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| a sustainable
| development
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| proper
| famine
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| an extensive
| problems
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| a devastating
| resources
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| fundraising
| dust
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| extinct
| measures
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| ecological
| events
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| natural
| decisions
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| a nuclear
| catastrophes
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| a global
| impact
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| safety
| network
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| rural
| source
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| green
| forms
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| major
| wastes
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| traffic
| species
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