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AQA Environmet terms
Long and complicated terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| la pollution atmospherique | atmospheric pollution |
| la croissance de le consommation | increase in consumption |
| la circulation routiere, arienne, | road and air |
| l'incinertation des ordures menageres | incineration of household waste |
| des dechets industriels | industrial waste |
| des chauffages des maisons | heating of households |
| des fumes des centrales electriques | emissions (smoke) from electrical power plants |
| les accidents de petroliers | accidents from petrol tankers |
| des dechets industriels et agricoles, | industrial and agricultural waste |
| d'egouts | from sewers |
| des rejets de navires ou de naufrages | rejection (dumping) from ships or shipwrecks |
| romper l'equilibre naturel de certaines ecosystemes | to break the natural balance of certain eco systems |
| les canicules | heatwaves |
| la fonte des calottes glaciaires | melting of the ice caps |
| la secheresse | drought |
| les inondations | floods |
| la rapidite de la montee des temperatures | the speed of rising temperatures |
| le rechauffement climatique planetaire | climatic heating of the planet |
| une elevation moyenne du niveau des oceans | the average elevation of the level of the oceans |