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Environment Vocabulary

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  • What's this? (process in general)
    global warming
  • What do we call food that has been changed at the molecular level?
    Genetically modified/GM foods
  • What do we call animals which are close to extinction?
    endangered species
  • What's the difference between primary and secondary carbon footprints?
    primary- the things you are directly responsible for (electricity, travelling); secondary- the things you are indirectly responsible for (emissions from factori
  • How do we call this process?
    recycling
  • What's this?
    oil spill
  • What's another word for hunting illegally?
    poaching
  • What are these called?
    emissions
  • What's this?
    waste separation
  • What is a carbon footprint?
    the impact person has on the environment when they create greenhouse gases
  • What's this?
    ozone layer
  • What's this?
    drought
  • What do greenhouse gases cause?
    global warming
  • What is a water footprint?
    the amount of water we use everyday
  • What are these?
    fossil fuels
  • What's the difference between primary and secondary water footprints?
    primary- water we use for washing, drinking; secondary- the water we use for growing or making things
  • What is this?
    rain forest
  • What's this?
    Solar energy
  • What is it?
    flood