Environment Topic: IELTS Vocabulary & Exercises

Use the word(s)from above to complete the following sentences

1. More should be done to improve air quality by reducing _______________emissions from cars and public transport.

2. While some people argue that _______________is a natural process, the evidence overwhelmingly shows that it is caused by humans burning fossil fuels.

3. Governments should invest more money in developing different types of _________________such as wind, solar, and hydroelectric.

4. We should try and use more_________packaging instead of plastic because it breaks down naturally without causing environmental damage.

5. Considering the world is getting hotter, it would be a good idea to harness the extra heat by increasing the amount of _________________ we use to generate electricity.

6. The biggest threat to many sea species is overfishing and ocean _______________ that is caused by the chemicals from ships and boats.

7. The ________________of the world’s rainforests is an important issue to young people in the world, who do not want to see the loss of such a diverse habitat.

Read the sample answer and then complete the blanks with one of the words belowhabitat, mammals, nocturnal, species, breeds, fungus, agriculture, soil, livestock, birds

1. Do you take an active interest in nature?
Yes, I do take an active interest in nature, especially bird watching. I live by the coast where there is a wide variety of beautiful and unique flora and fauna. Some of the marine birds in the area have been designated as protected species by the local government, which issues fines to anyone caught hunting the birds. I particularly enjoy bird watching in autumn when thousands of birds migrate south from Canada to breed on the cliff tops.

Yes, I take an active interest in nature. I particularly enjoy searching forests for different types of______1______, which I use in my cooking. They grow best in moist and damp _____2_____ and I have to be careful not to pick any poisonous ones, which is hard because there are thousands of different _______3___.Also, while I am picking them, I take care not to destroy the ___4_________of any insects who may be living around them.

2. What aspect of the natural world excites you the most?
The part of nature that excites me the most is spring where I live. It is an amazingly diverse ecosystem and the change that occurs in spring is the most exciting part. The bears wake up from their winter hibernation and I like to go and see them in their natural habitat.I obviously watch from a safe distance because they are omnivores, which means they eat both meat and plants. Another thing I like about spring is that the flora comes into bloom and there are colourful plants everywhere.

My family are all involved in ____5___________ so the aspect of the natural world that excites me the most is taking care of my ________6________ on the farm every day. I mainly raise ______7_______ like sheep and cows, and I have four different rare____8_____of cow, all from different parts of the country. Aside from that, I also have a few ___9______ like ducks, chickens, and an owl, who is ____10_______and sometimes wakes me up in the middle of the night.

The following question contains words from all three sections. Use the words provided to answerthe following IELTS questionsustainable, species, litter, marine, recycled, extinct, disaster, single-useplastics, landfill, threat, biodegradable, pollutes

What do you think poses the biggest threat to the environment at the moment?

I think that the biggest environmental____________1_____ comes from _______2____________because of their prevalence in everyday life. They are used as packaging for so many products that it will be hard for many countries to cut down on their use. When I walk through my town, I see that most of the _____3______ on the floor consists of the same material, which is just used once and then thrown away. Usually, it ends up being buried in a _____4____________somewhere, where it takes thousands of years to decompose. Another consequence of this problem is that it _______5______the oceans so badly that we are losing many ____6_________ of fish and other _______7____life such as coral reefs. If we continue to dump plastic in the sea we will have an environmental __________8_________ on our hands, and many species could become ____9_________. I think the solution is more _______10______packaging that is _____11____ and will decompose naturally, or products that can be ______12________ and used again for something else would also be better than the current trend.