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Human-Environmental
Question | Answer |
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Global Warming | An increase in the earth's average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may come from the greenhouse effect. |
Climate Change | A change in the earth's climate, especially a change due to an increase in the average atmospheric temperature. |
Energy Resources | Renewable or non-renewable resource used for obtaining an energy source. |
Green Resources | Anything that don't burn fossil fuels. |
Non-renewable resources | A resource of economic value that cannot be readily replaced by natural means on a level equal to its consumption. |
Renewable resources | Any resource, such as wood or solar energy, that can or will be replenished naturally in the course of time. |
Greenhouse Gases | A gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation, e.g., carbon dioxide and chlorofluorocarbons. |
Greenhouse Effect | Warming of the Earth's surface and lower atmosphere caused by water vapor, carbon dioxide, and other trace gases in the atmosphere. |
Acid Rain | Rain that contains dangerous chemicals because of smoke from cars and factories. |
Pollution | The action or process of making land, water, air, etc., dirty and not safe or suitable to use. |
Adapt | To change your behavior so that it is easier to live in a particular place or situation. |
Depend | To be determined, based, or contingent. |
Modify | To change some parts of while not changing other parts. |
Natural Disaster | A natural event such as a flood, earthquake, or hurricane that causes great damage or loss of life. |
Deforestation | The act or result of cutting down or burning all the trees in an area. |
Reforestation | The act of planting tree seeds or young trees in an area where there used to be a forest. |
Positive | Good or useful. |
Negative | Harmful or bad : not wanted. |