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Air Pollution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acid Rain | harmful rain that can harm buildings and plants |
| Climate | the average temperature and precipitation in an area |
| Carbon Dioxide | a gas found in the air; exhaled by humans and animals |
| Ecosystems | a specific area where living and non-living things interact |
| Fossil Fuels | a non-renewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago Examples include coal and oil. |
| Pollutant | waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil |
| Radioactive | giving off dangerous levels of nuclear radiation |
| Smog | polluted air made up of fog, smoke and particle matter |