Study

The Environment

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  • An e---------------- species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction
    endangered
  • The main effect of the melting of the Poles is the sea level r----------
    rise
  • It´s important to r----------------- glass, plastic and paper in the right containers.
    recycle
  • It´s vital to use r--------------- energies like the solar one because they pollute less than the traditional sources of energy.
    renewable
  • S--------------- energy is energy that we will never use up or deplete. It is inexhaustible, like , for example, the kind we get from wind, sun or water.
    Sustainable
  • A--------- rain is one of the consequences of air pollution. It occurs when emissions from factories, cars or heating boilers contact with the water in the atmosphere.
    Acid
  • C----------- ch------------ is the most evident effect of global warming: temperatures aare becoming more extreme all over the world.
    Climate change
  • A h-------------- car is one that uses more than one means of propulsion - that means combining a petrol or diesel engine with an electric motor.
    hybrid
  • S------------ is air pollution that reduces visibility. It is a mixture of "smoke" and "fog".
    smog
  • P--------------- is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change.
    Pollution
  • F------------ are strong, unpleasant, and sometimes dangerous gas or smoke like , for example, the ones released by cars.
    fumes
  • A f---------- fuel is a fuel formed by natural processes, such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms
    fossil
  • Don´t leave the water r--------------- when you´re doing the dishes.
    running
  • Using cloth bags instead of plastic ones is environmentally- f----------
    friendly
  • Eolic energy is generated by wind t-------------
    turbines
  • A carbon f-------------- is the total amount of greenhouse gases (including carbon dioxide and methane) that are generated by our actions.
    footprint
  • A l-------------- site is a site for the disposal of waste materials.
    landfill
  • Cutting down trees without restrictions brings about d-------------------
    deforestation
  • The ozone l---------- is a region of Earth's stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun's ultraviolet radiation.
    layer