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