Environmental Issues

Question 1

What is the French term for lightbulb?

Answer 1

ampoule

Question 2

What does ‘avoir peur’ mean?

Answer 2

to fear, to be afraid

Question 3

What is the French term for organic?

Answer 3

bio(logique)

Question 4

What is the French term for wood or timber?

Answer 4

bois (m)

Question 5

What is the French term for catastrophe?

Answer 5

catastrophe

Question 6

What does ‘changement’ mean?

Answer 6

change

Question 7

What is the French term for coal?

Answer 7

charbon (m)

Question 8

What does ‘circulation’ refer to?

Answer 8

traffic

Question 9

What is the French term for contamination?

Answer 9

contamination (f)

Question 10

What is the French term for ozone layer?

Answer 10

couche d’ozone

Question 11

What is the French term for car sharing?

Answer 11

co-voiturage (m)

Question 12

What does ‘déchets ménagers’ mean?

Answer 12

household waste

Question 13

What does ‘détruire’ mean?

Answer 13

to destroy

Question 14

What is the French term for ecological?

Answer 14

écologique (adj)

Question 15

What does ‘effet de serre’ refer to?

Answer 15

greenhouse effect

Question 16

What is the French term for traffic jam?

Answer 16

embouteillage (m)

Question 17

What is the French term for nuclear energy?

Answer 17

énergie (nucléaire)

Question 18

What is the French term for renewable energy?

Answer 18

énergie renouvelable

Question 19

What is the French term for environment?

Answer 19

environnement (m)

Question 20

What does ‘en voie de disparition’ mean?

Answer 20

endangered, disappearing

Question 21

What is the French term for wind turbines?

Answer 21

éoliennes (f)

Question 22

What is the French term for species?

Answer 22

espèce

Question 23

What does ‘essence’ refer to?

Answer 23

petrol

Question 24

What is the French term for rainforest?

Answer 24

forêt équatoriale (f)

Question 25

What does 'inondation' mean?

Answer 25

flood ## Footnote

Question 26

What is the French term for investment?

Answer 26

investissement (m) ## Footnote

Question 27

What does 'malsain' mean?

Answer 27

unhealthy ## Footnote

Question 28

What is the French term for forest fire?

Answer 28

incendie (de forêt) (m) ## Footnote

Question 29

What does 'marée noire' refer to?

Answer 29

oil slick ## Footnote

Question 30

What does 'menacer' mean?

Answer 30

to threaten ## Footnote

Question 31

What does 'monter' mean?

Answer 31

to go up (temperature) ## Footnote

Question 32

What is the French term for solar panels?

Answer 32

panneaux solaires (m) ## Footnote

Question 33

What does 'pénurie' mean?

Answer 33

shortage ## Footnote

Question 34

What is the French term for crude oil?

Answer 34

pétrole (m) ## Footnote

Question 35

What does 'pluie acide' refer to?

Answer 35

acid rain ## Footnote

Question 36

What does 'polluant(e)' mean?

Answer 36

polluting ## Footnote

Question 37

What does 'pollué(e)' mean?

Answer 37

polluted ## Footnote

Question 38

What does 'propre' mean?

Answer 38

clean ## Footnote

Question 39

What does 'réchauffement de la planète' refer to?

Answer 39

global warming ## Footnote

Question 40

What is the French term for recycling?

Answer 40

recyclage (m) ## Footnote

Question 41

What does 'sale' mean?

Answer 41

dirty ## Footnote

Question 42

What does 'sauver' mean?

Answer 42

to save ## Footnote

Question 43

What does 'sécheresse' mean?

Answer 43

drought ## Footnote

Question 44

What does 'sécurité' mean?

Answer 44

safety ## Footnote

Question 45

What is the French term for earth or world?

Answer 45

terre ## Footnote

Question 46

What is the French term for tornado?

Answer 46

tornade (f) ## Footnote

Question 47

What does 'tuer' mean?

Answer 47

to kill ## Footnote

Question 48

What does 'être vert' mean?

Answer 48

to be 'green / ecologically aware' ## Footnote

Question 49

What is the French term for victim?

Answer 49

victime (f) ## Footnote

Question 50

What is the French term for wave (sea)?

Answer 50

vague (f) ## Footnote