Chapter 3 Environmental Science
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- Atmosphere (noun)
- the whole mass of air surrounding the earth
- Deforestation (noun)
- the act of cutting down trees
- Degrade (verb)
- to damage something
- Depleting (verb)
- reducing something to an insufficient amount
- Disrupt (verb)
- to keep something from moving or growing
- Ecosystem (noun)
- the complex community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit
- emissions (noun)
- something sent out or given off
- energy-efficient (adj)
- Energy efficient homes are composed of a network of elements working together to reduce the overall amount of energy consumption
- Erosion (noun)
- The process of slowly destroying the surface through wind or rain
- Fossil Fuels ( noun)
- Fuels( coal,oil,natural gas) formed in the earth from plant or animal remains
- Glacial Melts (noun)
- a large persistent body of ice (glacier) that is melting
- Greenhouse effect (noun)
- warming of a the surface and lower atmosphere of a planet (as Earth or Venus) that is caused by conversion of solar radiation in to heat in a process involving selective transmission of short wave solar radiation by the atmosphere, its absorption by the planet's surface, and re-radiation as infrared which is absorbed and partly re-radiated back to the surface by atmospheric gases
- Habitats (noun)
- Places where plants and animals are found
- incineration (noun)
- The process of causing to burn to ashes
- Industrialize (verb)
- to build and operate factories and businesses in a city region, country etc
- Mitigate (verb)
- to make something less harmful
- Ozone (verb)
- a form of oxygen that is found in a layer high in the earth's atmosphere
- Precipitation (noun)
- the amount of rain or snow that falls
- Ramification (noun)
- Unexpected results or consequences of an action
- Renewable (adj)
- that can be replaced naturally