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Facts about climate change / reasons for global warming
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adverse effects | also side effect: an undesired harmful effect that causes stress to the body or the environment |
| global warming | an increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere |
| environment | the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates, the natural world, as a whole or in a particular |
| submerge | synonym: flood |
| conveyor system | apparatus that transports materials, packages, or items being assembled from one place to another |
| drought | a period of dry weather, especially a long one that is harmful to crops |
| livestock | animals such as cattle and sheep which are kept on a farm |
| depletion | the use or consumption of a resource, especially a natural one |
| fossil fuel | a fuel (such as coal, oil, or natural gas) that is formed in the earth from dead plants or animals |
| scarcity | there is not enough of it for the people who need it or want it |
| arid | synonym: scarce |
| nitrous oxide | one of the greenhouse gases |