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7-7.7 Challenges
Environment Challenges
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| megalopolis | Areas where cities have grown so large they run into each other |
| developing country | Countries seeking to industrialize, but still wanting to follow traditional ways. |
| developed country | Have long been industrialized and can offer a higher standard of living |
| deforestation | The clearing of forests |
| habitat | The special environments required for particular organisms to live |
| desertification | The turning of fertile land into desert |
| subsistence farmers | |
| slum | The rundown, poverty stricken portions of a city |
| nonrenewable resource | When they run out these resources they will be gone forever coal, petroleum, or natural gas |
| acid rain | The sulfur gas produced by factories mixes with moisture in the air |
| greenhouse affect | |
| chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) | |
| ozone layer | |
| ozone hole | |
| sustainable development | |
| Green Revolution |