English for Chemists

Exercise 2 Put the parts of the sentences in the right order. 
1. (she won / easily / the game) __________________________________________ 
2. (slowly / the door / I closed) __________________________________________ 
3. ( I / quite well / speak / Italian) _________________________________________ 
4. (tennis / does / play / he / every weekend?) ________________________________ 
5. (so late / why / you come / home / did?) __________________________________
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Unit 8 
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY 
•
Environmental Chemistry 
•
Green Chemistry 
•
Twelve Principles of Green Chemistry 
•
Hazard Symbols 
•
Relative Pronouns 
 
Environmental Chemistry 
 
1. Read the following article about environmental chemistry and fill the gaps with 
appropriate forms of the words in brackets. Use prefixes and suffixes. 
 
Environmental 
chemistry 
is 
the______________(science) 
study 
of 
the________________(chemistry) and __________________(biochemistry) phenomena that occur 
in _______________ (nature) places. It can be defined as the study of the sources, reactions, 
transport, effects, and fates of _______________ (chemistry) species in the air, soil, and water 
environments; and the effect of human activity on these. Environmental chemistry is an 
_____________________(discipline) science that includes ___________________(atmosphere), 
______________ (aqua) and soil chemistry, as well as ____________________ (heavy) relying on 
_________________(analysis) 
chemistry 
and 
being 
related 
to 
___________________(environment) and other areas of science. 
Environmental chemistry involves first _________________(understand) how the uncontaminated 
environment works, which chemicals in what concentrations are present, and with what effects. 
Without this it would be _______________(possible) to __________________(accurate) study the 
effects humans have on the environment through the release of chemicals. 
Adapted from: www.wikipedia.org