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Chapter 5 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| económico/a | economical |
| la protección | protection |
| el recurso natural | natural resources |
| suficiente | enough |
| petroléo | petroleum |
| el carbón | carbon |
| las huertas solares | wind farms |
| perforar | to drill (for oil) |
| el oceáno | ocean |
| la electricidad | electricity |
| el/la ambientalista/ambiental | environmentalist |
| la atmósfera | atmosphere |
| la capa de ozono | ozone layer |
| el clima | climate/weather |
| el efecto invernadero | greenhouse effect |
| el hielo | ice |
| la preservación | conservation |
| el recalentamiento global | global warming |
| el rescate | rescue |
| la selva tropical | tropical forest |
| la tierra | land/earth |
| el agujero | hole |
| el dióxido de carbono | carbon dioxide |
| grave | serious |
| la anebaza | threat |
| la falta | lack |
| la contaminación/contaminado | polution/polluted |
| el desperdicio.los residuos | waste/garbage/refuse |
| desperdiciar | to waste |
| echar | to throw away |
| la fábrica | factory |
| el pesticida | pesticide |
| el derrame de petróleo | oil spill |
| envenenar/ en venemo | to poison/poison |
| el vertedero | landfill |
| el recipiente | container |
| reciclar/ el reciclaje | to recycle/recycling |
| el enchufe | plug |
| enchufar/desenchufar | to plug/unplug |
| rociar | to spray |
| en peligro de extincion | endangered |
| la caza/cazar/cazado | hunting/to hunt/hunted |
| salvaje | wild |
| la piel | skin/fur |
| la pluma | feather |
| el ave | bird |
| el aguila calva | bald eagle |
| la ballena | whale |
| la foca | seal |
| el oso polar | polar bear |
| la especie | species |
| el manati | manatee |
| el lobo gris | gray wolf |
| el condor californiano | california condor |
| la tortuga marina | sea turtle |
| amenazar | to threaten |
| danar | to damage/harm |
| fomentar | to encourage |
| depender de | to depend on |
| deshacerse de | to get rid of |
| agotar(se) | to run out of (exhaust) |
| derretir | to melt |
| detener | to stop |
| disminuir | to diminish/decrease |
| tomar medidas | to take measures/steps |
| debido a | due to/because of |
| la escasez | shortage |