Лексические и грамматические упражнения по английскому языку на тему Environmental problems (8 класс)

1. Лексическая зарядка:
a) Перевести выражения с английского языка на русский:
To produce a lot of carbon dioxide;
To cut down big areas of forests;
Destruction of wildlife;
Extinct animals;
Endangered animals;
Shortage of natural resources;
The greenhouse effect;
Our fragile planet needs protection.
b) Перевести выражения с русского языка на английский:
защищать окружающую среду;
решать экологические проблемы;
загрязнение воздуха, воды, почвы;
выбрасывать тонны вредных веществ;
промышленные и ядерные отходы;
отравлять моря и реки;
использовать как свалку;
испытывать ядерное оружие;
c) Соотнести слова с их определениями:
1. Ecology
2. Environment
3. Flora
4. Fauna
5. Habitat
6. Pollution
7. Carbon dioxide
8. Greenhouse effect
9. Ozone layer
10. Ultraviolet radiation
a) A gas in the atmosphere. The gas that we breathe out.
b) The Earth is becoming warmer because there is too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
c) The study of how living things interact with each other.
d) This is the atmosphere between 10 km and 60 km above the Earth. The ozone stops a lot of the ultraviolet radiation from the sun.
е) When the land, sea or air becomes dirty or poisonous.
f) Part of sunlight.
g) A place that provides animals and plants with food, water and shelter.
h) It means simply what is around us.
i) All the plants that grow in a region.
j) The animals of a region
2. Словообразование. Заполнить таблицу, образовав существительные от глаголов.
to protect
to pollute
to poison
to dump
to destroy 
to produce
to breathe
to recycle
to populate
to collect2. Look at these two columns and match the words in column A with their definitions in column B, please.
A B
a) environment1) the process of making air, water, soil etc. dangerously dirty and not suitable for people
b) to threaten2) rain which contains large amounts of harmful chemicals as a result of burning substances such as coal and oil
c) pollution3) the air, water, land on Earth which can be harmed by man’s activities
d) to destroy4) to make something happen, especially something bad
e) habitat5) something such as land, water, or minerals, such as oil or coal that a country has and can use
f) litter6) not existing/ living any longer
g) to recycle7) to damage something badlyh) extinct8) to be likely to harm and destroy something
i) resource9) to produce something from used objects or materials
k) to cause10) waste paper, cans etc. thrown away and left on the ground
l) acid rain11) the natural home of a plant or animal
3. Fill in the blanks with words derived from the words in brackets.
Change the words given in brackets so that it can fit suitably into the blanks
1) There are a lot of problems which __1__ (threat) our natural environment. Acid rain, __2__ (globe)warming and air and water __3__ (pollute) are the most serious ones. There are some ways to help improve the situation. Firstly, we should encourage __4__ (recycle)as the __5__ (produce) of new materials causes the most damage. We must learn to reuse things like plastic bags and glass jars. Secondly, driving an environmentally-friendly car is also __6__ (help). Furthermore, if you are really concerned about the environment, you can join an __7__ (organise) which plants trees or cleans up beaches. Finally, supporting groups such as Greenpeace, which try to prevent many __8__ (environment)disasters, would help to ensure that our planet will be clean and safe for future generations.2) Some of the ultraviolet light from the Sun can be very __9__ (danger) to people because it can cause skin cancer.
3. Use the word in capitals to form a word that fits suitably in the bank space.
1.  POLLUTE
.................................................... is one of the most serious and crucial world's problems of our day.
2. PROTECT
The young woman didn't know where to look for (искать)……………………………………….. .
3.  ENVIRONMENT
Some of the first............................................................ organizations in the world started in Britain.
4. DANGER
It was a very ............................................. journey.
5.  PROHIBIT
Smoking is strictly ........................................................ in the office.
-50736516129000Complete each sentence with one of the words or phrases below.
pollution, rubbish, cans, environment, protect, is thrown, in danger, prohibited, pollute, bins, clearing up
People get a lot of food from the sea. But we have made the sea a very dirty place. If we are not careful, pollution will kill many of the animals and plants in the sea. A lot of rubbish ………………... into the sea. Sea animals, fish and birds are ........................ Some animals try to eat the……………….., they die. Oil (масло) from big ships, chemicals and waste……………………... the sea and kill whales (киты) and dolphins, fish and sea birds.
Luckily many people realize (осознают) now that we must look after the sea and ....................... it. They say polluting the sea should be strictly………………….. .Groups of people who care about the .......................... spend their free time ………………....litter from the beaches. People collect bottles, packaging ………………… and put them into different……………………. for further (дальнейшего) recycling.
Match the words and phrases which have similar (схожее) meanings.
wonderful a) predictdie out b) human beingsnature around us c) get rid of
people d) junk foodunhealthy food e) fumesforecast f) containersbins g) environmentgases h) disappearthrow away i) createproduce j) amazing