Environmental Issues
The core Russian words for talking about the environment, from pollution and global warming to recycling and protecting nature. Recognise the Cyrillic, then write about an environmental issue in English.
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Talking about the planet 🌍
Russian is written in the **Cyrillic alphabet**, and this module gives you the core words to talk about **the environment**. You will learn the key terms, from **окружающая среда (okruzhayushchaya sreda)**, the environment, to **переработка (pererabotka)**, recycling, then practise recognising them before writing about an environmental issue in English.
The words you need 🔑
Learn each Russian word with its transliteration and meaning:
Match each word to its meaning 🔗
- окружающая среда (okruzhayushchaya sreda)
- загрязнение (zagryazneniye)
- переработка (pererabotka)
- глобальное потепление (globalnoye potepleniye)
- the environment
- pollution
- recycling
- global warming
What does it mean? 🎯
What does the Russian word загрязнение (zagryazneniye) mean in English?
- Pollution
- Recycling
- The environment
- Global warming
Longer Russian words 🌡️
**глобальное потепление (globalnoye potepleniye)**, global warming, is one of the biggest environmental problems. Russian environmental terms are often two words, like **окружающая среда (okruzhayushchaya sreda)**, literally the "surrounding environment". Read them by breaking them into their parts.
Which are about the environment? ✅
Select the TWO Russian words that are about the environment.
- переработка (pererabotka)
- загрязнение (zagryazneniye)
- книга (kniga)
- билет (bilet)
Problems and actions ♻️
Some words name environmental problems; others name nature and how we protect it.
Complete the sentences 🧱
The world around us is the _____. Dirty air and water are called _____. Sorting waste so it can be used again is _____. The planet heating up is _____. Materials from nature, like water and wood, are _____.
Spot the environment words 🖍️
An interactive activity.
Choose the right word 🌱
Which Russian word means 'recycling'?
- переработка (pererabotka)
- загрязнение (zagryazneniye)
- окружающая среда (okruzhayushchaya sreda)
- книга (kniga)
Writing about the environment 📝
You can now recognise the key words. In the exam you might **write about an environmental issue**, and you can weave these terms in. A strong answer names a **problem** (such as загрязнение, pollution, or глобальное потепление, global warming) and a **solution** (such as переработка, recycling, or protecting природа, nature).
Help the environment 🤝
An interactive activity.
Write about an issue ✍️
An interactive activity.