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HEI Snack Stack
Term | Definition |
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Global Warming | a gradual increase in the Earth's atmosphere |
Greenhouse Gases | natural gases that are trapped in the Earth's atmosphere and keeps temperature normal |
Greenhouse Effect | the trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted from the planet's surface. |
Acid Rain | rainfall made sufficiently acidic by atmospheric pollution that it causes environmental harm, typically to forests and lakes. |
Pollution | harmful substances in the environment |
Adapt | To make suitable to or fit for a specific use or situation. |
Depend | to rely on |
Modify | to make partial or minor changes to (something), typically so as to improve it or to make it less extreme. |
Natural Disaster | he effect of a natural hazard (e.g., flood, tornado, hurricane, volcanic eruption, earthquake, or landslide) that affects the environment, and leads to financial, environmental and/or human losses. |
Deforestation | the state of being clear of trees |