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Frage		Antworten
accountability Lernen beginnen		a position when people have right to critize you
acid rain Lernen beginnen		rain that contains a high level of acid
acidic Lernen beginnen		containing acid
acidify Lernen beginnen		to become an acid
affect Lernen beginnen		to change or influance something
afforestation Lernen beginnen		the process of planting many trees on an area of land
alkaline Lernen beginnen		containing an alkali or consisting of an alkali
asthma Lernen beginnen		a medical condition that makes it difficult to breathe
atmosphere Lernen beginnen		the air round the earth or round another planet
biodegradable Lernen beginnen		decaying naturally in a way that is not harmful to the environment
biodiversity Lernen beginnen		the variety of types of living thing in particular region
biomass Lernen beginnen		plant and animal substances used for fuel
biome Lernen beginnen		a region that is classified by its climate and the types of animals and plants that are living in it
biosphere Lernen beginnen		the parts of the earth's surface and atmosphere where living things can exist
breathe Lernen beginnen		to takie air into your lungs
bronchitis Lernen beginnen		an illness affecting your bronchial tubes in which you cough and find breating difficult
burn Lernen beginnen		to demage or destroy something with fire
cancer Lernen beginnen		a serious illness caused by a group of cells in the body increasing in an uncontrolled way
canopy Lernen beginnen		the highest leaves and branches in a forest
carbon dioxide Lernen beginnen		gas without color or smell, produced when you breathe out
carbon emissions Lernen beginnen		carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide that vehicles ans factories produced into the atmosphere
catalytic converter Lernen beginnen		a piece of equipment fitted to a car that reduces the amount of poisonous gases
causal Lernen beginnen		if there js a causal connection or relationship beetwen two events
cause Lernen beginnen		an event, thing, or person that makes something happen
cfc Lernen beginnen		chlorofluorocarbon: a gas used in refrigerstors and in some aerosols
chemical dumping Lernen beginnen		the procesa of getting rid of used or waste chemicals in a particular area
climate change Lernen beginnen		important and possibly harmful changes that some scientists believe are taking place in the world's weather beacuse of increased pollution in the atmosphere
coal Lernen beginnen		a hard black substance that is dug from the ground and burned as fuel to provide heat
concentrated Lernen beginnen		concentrated liquids or substances have been made stronger by having water removed
consequence Lernen beginnen		a result or effect of something
conservation Lernen beginnen		the management of land and water in ways that prevent them from being damaged or destroyed
conservationist Lernen beginnen		someone who works to protect the environment from damage or destruction
contaminated Lernen beginnen		made dirty, polluted, or poisonous by the addition of a chemical, waste, or infection
controversy Lernen beginnen		a disagreement, especially about a public policy or a moral issue
critic Lernen beginnen		someone whi does not like something and states their opinion about it
cyanide Lernen beginnen		a very poisonous chemical
damage Lernen beginnen		physical harm caused to something so that it is broken, spoiled or injured
dangerous Lernen beginnen		likely to harm or kill someone
deadly Lernen beginnen		able or likely to kill people
debate Lernen beginnen		a discussion in which people or groups state different opinions
decommission Lernen beginnen		to stop using somethinng such as a weapon, ship or nuclear power station
deforestation Lernen beginnen		the process of cutting down and removing trees, especially from large areas of land
degradation Lernen beginnen		the process by which the land or the environment becimes damaged or polluted
desertification Lernen beginnen		the process of land becoming so dry that it cannot be used for farming
destroy Lernen beginnen		to damage something so severly that it no longer exists or can never return to its normal state
devastate Lernen beginnen		to seriously demage or completely destroy something
dioxin Lernen beginnen		a poisonous chemical produced during process of making chemicals for killing plants
discharge Lernen beginnen		liquid or gas that comes out of a place, or the process of coming out into water or the air
disposal Lernen beginnen		the process of getting rid of something
droplet Lernen beginnen		a very small drop of liquid
ecological Lernen beginnen		relating to the environment and the way organisme affect each other
ecology Lernen beginnen		the study of the environment and the way organisms affect each other
ecosystem Lernen beginnen		all the plants, animals and other organisms in a particular area
ecotourism Lernen beginnen		the business of organizing and selling holidays that cause as little damage to the environment as possible
effect Lernen beginnen		a change that is produced in one person or thing by another
effluent Lernen beginnen		liquid waste that a place such as a factory or farm allows to flow into river or the sea
emission Lernen beginnen		a substance, especially a gas, that goes into the air
emit Lernen beginnen		to send something out into the air, espacially gas
endangered species Lernen beginnen		a type on animal or plant that may soon become extinct
energy Lernen beginnen		electricity and other forma of power used for making things work
enforced Lernen beginnen		happening because of a situation that you cannot control or prevent
environment Lernen beginnen		the natural world, including the land, water, air, plants and animals
environmental Lernen beginnen		relating to the natural world ans the effect that human activity has on it
environmentalist Lernen beginnen		someone who wamts to protect the enviroment
environmentally friendly Lernen beginnen		not harming the natural environment
exhaust Lernen beginnen		gases or steam produced by an engine as it works
famine Lernen beginnen		a serious lack of food that continues for a long time
flooding Lernen beginnen		a situation in which water from a river or from rain covers large areas of land
forested Lernen beginnen		covered with trees
forestry Lernen beginnen		the science of caring for forest
fossil fuel Lernen beginnen		a fuel such as coal, oil or natural gas made from decayed material material from organisms that lived many milions of years ago
fuel Lernen beginnen		a substance such ae oil, gas, coal or wood that prosuces heat or power when it is burned
fumes Lernen beginnen		smoke or gad that has an unoleasent smell, especially harmful smoke or gas
gas Lernen beginnen		a substance such as aie that is neither a solid nor a liquid
generate Lernen beginnen		to produce power
the greenhouse effect Lernen beginnen		the process by which the earth's surface and lower atmosphere is getting warmer as a result of pollution by gases such as carbon dioxide
greenhouae gas Lernen beginnen		a gas that stops heat from escaping from the earth's atmosphere and causes the greenhouse effect
habitat Lernen beginnen		the type od place that a particular organism usually lives in
hazardous Lernen beginnen		dagnerous, especially to people's health or safety
hydroelectric Lernen beginnen		using water power to produce electricity
illness Lernen beginnen		the state of feeling ill or having a disaese
impact Lernen beginnen		an effect, or an influence
incinerate Lernen beginnen		to burn something completely
interfere Lernen beginnen		deliberately become involved in a situation and try to influence the way that it develops, although you have no rights to do thia
intervene Lernen beginnen		to become involved in a situation in order to try to stop or change it
landfill site Lernen beginnen		a large hole in the groun where rubbish from people's homes or from industry is burried
leach Lernen beginnen		to remove a chemical or mineral from something such as soil as a result of water passing through it
lead Lernen beginnen		a soft heavy grey metal used especially in the past for making pipes, covering roofs
leaded Lernen beginnen		containg lead
leakage Lernen beginnen		the process of leaking a liquid or gas
logging Lernen beginnen		the act of cutting down trees for wood
malnourished Lernen beginnen		weak or ill beacuse you do not eat enough
methane Lernen beginnen		a gas with no colour or smeel that is used as a fuel
natural disaster Lernen beginnen		something that halpens in nature and causes a lot of damage
nitrate Lernen beginnen		a chemical substance containing nitrogen, used for inoroving the quality of soil
noise pollution Lernen beginnen		dangerous or annoying levels of noise
non-biodegradable Lernen beginnen		not sbke to decay naturally and therefire harmful to the environment
non-renewable Lernen beginnen		non-renewable energy, fuel, or other raw materials exist in limited amounts only and cannot be replaced one they have been used
nuckear radiation Lernen beginnen		a form of energy prosuced during a nuckear reaction that is used for makijy electrical powrr but can also kill or harm humans who receive too much if it
objector Lernen beginnen		someone who disagrees with something
oil slick Lernen beginnen		a layer of oil on the surface of a large area of water
organic Lernen beginnen		used for describing methods of farming and food production that do not use artificial chemicals
organism Lernen beginnen		a living thing such as a person, animal or plan
overgrazing Lernen beginnen		a situation in which land is demaged because the cown or others animals in it have been allowed to eat too much of the grass there

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