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CA chapter 4
vocab guid
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Green house gases | those, especially carbon dioxide or methane, that trap heat above the earth and cause the green house effect. |
| Activists | a person who compaigns for some kind of social change. |
| Inconceivable | not cable of being imagined or grasped mentally. |
| Carbon footprint | the amount of harmful carbon dioxide that a person, company, industry, etc. produces when doing normal activities. |
| Climate | the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period. |
| Harvesting | gather ( a crop) as a harvest |
| Convert | cause to change inform. |
| Preserve | maintain (something) in its original or existing state. |
| depletion | reduction in the number or quantity of something |
| Inhabitants | a person or animal that lives in or occupies a place |
| Insulate | protect (something) by interposing material that prevents the loss of heat or the intrusion of sound |
| Conserve | protect (something) especially an environmentally or culturally important place or thing from harm or destruction. |
| Composting | natures process of recycling decomposed organic materials into rich soil know as compost |
| Incentives | a thing that motivates or encourages one to do something |
| Pollution | the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects |
| Toxic | poisonous |
| Capitalist | a wealthy person who uses money to invest in trade and industry for profit in accordance with the principles of capitalism |
| Revitalization | the action of imbuing something with new life and vitality |
| Degradation | the condition of process of degrading or be degraded |
| stakeholder | a person with an interest or concern in something especially a business |