Insights 7 - Environment glossary | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

the addition of nutrients to water in lakes and rivers, which encourages plant growth that can take oxygen from the water and kill fish and other animals

eutrophication

soil aka

ground/land/earth

harvest aka

yield/crop

someone who catches and kills animals illegally

a poacher

a mixture of gases that surrounds any planet

atmosphere

the systems for taking dirty water and other waste products away from buildings in order to protect people's health

sanitation

farming aka

agriculture

water that falls from the clouds towards the ground, especially as rain or snow:

precipitation

naturally existing in a place or country rather than arriving from another place (usually used to refer to people, plants or animals)

indigenous

a way of buying and selling products that makes certain that the people who produce the goods receive a fair price

fair trade

a situation in which something no longer exists

extinction

a series of living things that are connected because each group of things eats the group below it in the chain

food chain

able to decay naturally and in a way that is not harmful, for example, packaging or certain household chemicals can be like this

biodegradable

the cutting down of trees in a large area, or the destruction of forests by people

deforestation

to keep and protect something from damage, change, or waste

conserve

The frozen water at the very top or bottom of our globe

polar ice cap

The number and types of plants and animals that exist in a particular area or in the world generally, or the problem of protecting this

biodiversity

The practice of supplying land with water so that crops and plants will grow

irrigation

A chemical substance made and used for killing insects, especially those that eat plants

insecticide

A plant or animal that has had some of its genes changed scientifically

genetically modified

The natural environment in which an animal or plant usually lives:

a habitat