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Prism 2 Reading - Vocabulary Revision Part I

1) The document provides a vocabulary revision for an exam on topics related to air pollution and its effects. 2) It contains 3 parts - Part A has students circle the best answer to complete sentences about vocabulary like major causes of air pollution, ecosystems, and effects on species. 3) Part B has students fill in blanks with vocabulary like logging, rainforests, greenhouse gases to describe effects of cutting down trees. 4) Part C finishes with filling in single-word blanks about topics like destruction of forests, common signs of disease, and health effects of air pollution.

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Prism 2 Reading - Vocabulary Revision Part I

1) The document provides a vocabulary revision for an exam on topics related to air pollution and its effects. 2) It contains 3 parts - Part A has students circle the best answer to complete sentences about vocabulary like major causes of air pollution, ecosystems, and effects on species. 3) Part B has students fill in blanks with vocabulary like logging, rainforests, greenhouse gases to describe effects of cutting down trees. 4) Part C finishes with filling in single-word blanks about topics like destruction of forests, common signs of disease, and health effects of air pollution.

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Cumulative Exam 3 P2-S

Revision 2023 Spring

PRISM 2 READING - VOCABULARY REVISION – PART I


PART A. Circle the best option to complete the following sentences.

1. The burning of fossil fuels is a/an _________ cause of air pollution. It caused 70% of all air pollution in the U.S. in
2014.
a) major b) fatal c) native d) endangered

2. It is important to use clean energy that does not _________the air.


a) survive b) protect c) pollute d) cause

3. A/An _________ is the plants and animals in an area and their effect on each other and the environment.
a) fossil fuel b) atmosphere c) construction d) ecosystem

4. It is _________ to think that the world is just for humans. We need to share the earth with plants and animals, and
not hurt them.
a) native b) cruel c) major d) natural

5. Trees _________ carbon dioxide and give off oxygen.


a) protect b) threaten c) absorb d) survive

6. People _________ animals’ habitats by cutting down trees to use the land.
a) survive b) pollute c) protect d) destroy

7. Humans are not the only ones who suffer from air pollution. Animal and plant _________ are affected, too.
a) diseases b) effects c) species d) chemicals

8. Some causes of air pollution, such as smoke from forest fires and volcanoes, are _________ .
a) native b) natural c) cruel d) endangered

9. _________ used in farming and cleaning are harmful when they get into the air.
a) Effects b) Species c) Chemicals d) Rainforests

10. The _________ of melting glaciers is increasing temperatures.


a) destruction b) disease c) effect d) cause

11. As former President Obama has recently expressed, Muslims living in the US cannot be forced to _________
between being a Muslim or an American.
a) make an excuse b) make a change c) make a choice d) make progress

12. People need to invent new technologies that will not _________ to nature. For example, special kinds of gasoline
for cars can help.
a) do harm b) do an experiment c) do a favor d) do work
PART B. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words from the box. There are TWO extra words.

logging rainforest construction threaten

greenhouse gas fossil fuel atmosphere global warming

1)___________ destroys land, and the consequences of cutting down trees are serious. First, this often happens in
the 2) ___________, which have some of the world’s most diverse species of plants that grow in this wet climate.
This also 3) ___________ the plants and animals that live in this area as their homes are destroyed. In addition, this
practice contributes to the problem of 4) ___________ and rising temperatures. Because the trees are no longer
there to absorb carbon dioxide, it goes into the 5) ___________ , and is added to other 6) ___________ , like
methane.

PART C. Fill in the blanks with the correct word from the box. There are TWO extra words.

native major effect destruction construction

cause due to common fatal disease

1. The _________ of forests leads to more flooding due to fewer trees.


2. _________ increases in air pollution, more and more people in the town are becoming sick.
3. Smoking can be _________. It leads to more than 480,000 deaths per year in the U.S.
4. Air pollution can cause lung _________, which makes it difficult for a person to breathe.
5. _________ is the process of building houses, schools, and other structures.
6. When a habitat is destroyed, the plants that are ___________ to it are also affected. They can no longer
grow.
7. A _________ sign of a sick plant is yellow leaves. You can often see this in cities and in forests.
8. One _________of air pollution on people is breathing problems.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a brief revision material for Cumulative Exam 1. Therefore, it might not include all the
target vocabulary you are responsible for. It is advisable to go through the testable vocabulary lists and weekly
vocabulary worksheets for a more comprehensive study.

Part A&B of this test is also available on Kahoot:


https://create.kahoot.it/share/prism-2-reading-vocabulary-revision-for-cumulative-1/02e168f2-db6d-4b6a-9ad1-
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ANSWER KEY

PART A.

1. a 5. c 9. c
2. c 6. d 10. d
3. d 7. c 11. c
4. b 8. b 12. a

PART B.

1. Logging
2. rainsforests
3. threatens
4. global warming
5. atmosphere
6. greenhouse gases

PART C.

1. destruction
2. Due to
3. fatal
4. diseases
5. Construction
6. native
7. common
8. effect

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