Practice 2 SVIP

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.

1. If you're _________, meaning you don't have enough fluids in your body, you're more at risk of a heat illness.

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.

2. We need to preserve the ______ of wildlife because each species has an important role to play.

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.

3. Carbon dioxide is released through _______ processes such as respiration and volcano eruptions and through _______ activities such as deforestation, land use change, and burning fossil fuels.

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.

4. Most climate scientists agree the main cause of the current global warming trend is human expansion of the greenhouse ________.

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.

5. The mountainous far north is prone to _______ and flash flooding, while the flat Mekong Delta in the deep south is among the most vulnerable regions in the world to rising ___________.

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.

1. Developed countries are responsible for 80% of the

2. The environmental protection in Switzerland is mainly based on the

3. It's hard to be sure about the

4. A layer of greenhouse gases – primarily water vapor, and carbon dioxide - acts as a

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.

5. Each year, increasingly intense and unpredictable weather events cause

6. By 2050, an expected rise in average temperatures by 1-2 degrees Celsius will likely result in higher incidences of

7. Despite Viet Nam's impressive economic achievements and a rapid reduction in poverty within the past three decades, increasingly

Fill in the blank using the words/phrases given in the box.

1. More than 27,260 cases of were reported annually from 2011 to 2015 with some 2,640ha of forest destroyed each year.

2. As much as VNĐ332 billion (US$14.2 million) was in 2017 from the State budget to support localities and cover profit losses of forest owners.

3. The increase in the earth's temperature can cause illnesses which can be dangerous to people.

4. Many species are threatened with due to deforestation and loss of habit.

5. Vietnam is one of six economies most by climate change between 1999 and 2018, according to survey results released this week.

Fill in the blank using the words/phrases given in the box.

7. Vietnam is also one of six economies most affected by between 1999 and 2018, according to the Global Climate Risk Index published last year by German environmental think tank Germanwatch.

8. Having measured the company's carbon , they realised that the amount of carbon dioxide (CO) it produced was great.

9. Carbon footprint measures the amount of and electricity someone uses up as well as the carbon footprint of the products they buy.

10. Vietnam is likely to continue facing extreme weather conditions such as higher , lower summer rainfalls, stronger storms, and rising sea levels from now to 2050.

Choose the word(s) that has the CLOSEST meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Choose the word(s) that has the CLOSEST meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

2. Global warming is one of the most serious issues that the wolrd is facing today.

Choose the word(s) that has the CLOSEST meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Choose the word(s) that has the OPPOSITE meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

1. Cutting down on energy use is the best way to help reduce global warming.

Choose the word(s) that has the OPPOSITE meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Choose the word(s) that has the OPPOSITE meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Write the correct form of the word given in brackets.

1. The experts emphasize the of climate change and its potential impacts to create a variety of dangerous extreme weather events in the future. (PREDICT)

Write the correct form of the word given in brackets.

2. is considered to be one of the contributing factors to global climate change. (FOREST)

Write the correct form of the word given in brackets.

Write the correct form of the word given in brackets.

4. Global warming has proved truly for the environment. (CATASTROPHE)

Write the correct form of the word given in brackets.