Environment Studies 1

Question 1

catastrophic

Answer 1

causing a lot of damage and suffering

Question 2

conflicted

Answer 2

confused about what to do or choose because you have strong but opposing feelings

Question 3

convert

Answer 3

to change or make something change from one form, purpose, system

Question 4

efficient

Answer 4

doing something well and thoroughly with no waste of time, money or energy

Question 5

emission

Answer 5

the production or sending out of light, heat, gas, etc

Question 6

fracking

Answer 6

the process of forcing liquid at high pressure into rocks, deep holes in the ground, etc. in order to force open existing cracks and take out oil or gas

Question 7

intermittent

Answer 7

stopping and starting often over a period of time, but not regularly

Question 8

potentially

Answer 8

used to say that something may develop into something

Question 9

priority

Answer 9

something that you think is more important than other things and should be dealt with first

Question 10

retrofit

Answer 10

an act of putting a new piece of equipment into a machine that did not have it when it was built