EnvironmentChalanges Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Megalopolises | Areas where cities have grown so large that they run into each other |
Developing Countries | Countries seeking to industrialize |
Developed Countries | Countries that have long been industrialized and can offer a higher standard of living |
Standard of Living | The measure of a person's wealth and personal well-being |
Deforestation | The clearing of forests |
Habitats | The special environments required for certain organisms to live |
Desertification | The turning of fertile land into a desert |
Droughts | Long periods without rain |
Subsistence Farmers | People that grow just enough food to meet their needs |
Slums | Rundown, poverty-stricken portions of a city |
Nonrenewable Resources | Coal, petroleum, or natural gas |
Acid Rain | Poisonous downpours that have killed forests in both North America and Europe |
Greenhouse Effect | Gases trap solar energy in the form of heat |
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) | Gases used in aerosols, air conditioning, refrigerators, and foam packaging |
Ozone Hole | A seasonal reduction of ozone over Antarctica |
Sustainable Development | Economic developments that do not limit the ability of future generations |
Green Revolution | In the 1970s people declared the so-called green revolution as a solution to feeding the world's population, it provided new strands of rice, corn, and other grains that have high yields, however it needed more pesticides to work |
Antarctica | The ozone hole is above here |
Sahel | An area hit the hardest by desertification |
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