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Environment

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    Unit 10 Scope 4 / Vocabulary
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  • One of the main contributors of climate change is the release of C02 into the environment. What is this also called?
    Carbon emissions
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  • Coal, gas and petrol are all types of what?
    Fossil Fuels
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  • .......... ........... is the process that causes the Earth's temperature to rise and makes the Earth warmer. Humans play a large role in the increase in the Earth's temperature.
    Global Warming
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  • They trap heat in the Earth's atmostphere. They let sunlight pass through the atmosphere, but they prevent the heat that the sunlight brings from leaving the atmosphere.
    Greenhouse Gases
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  • They are the heart of some power plants. They contain and control chain reactions that produce heat through a physical process called fission. That heat is used to make steam that spins a turbine to create electricity.
    Nuclear Reactor
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  • An industrial facility for the generation of electricity
    Power Plant
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  • Solar, wind and water are types of ..... ?
    Renewable Energy
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  • As the ice caps melt, the ....... ......... rise.
    sea levels
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  • What are these called?
    Solar Panels
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  • What is this called?
    A wind farm
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  • What is this called?
    DEFORESTATION
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  • when there has not been any rain. This is called a ...........?
    DROUGHT
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  • A big problem is there are too many people in the world. What is this called?
    OVERPOPULATION
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  • What has happened?
    An EARTHQUAKE
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  • Animals are dying and soon there will be no more. What is the word we use?
    EXTINCTION
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  • When a tanker or oil rig in the sea loses all its product everywhere? This is called an .... ........?
    OIL SPILL
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