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Ecology 1
Term | Definition |
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environment | the air, water and land in or on which people, animals and plants live |
to be aware | to know that something exists, or to have knowledge or experience of a particular thing |
interdependent | dependent on each other |
valuable | helpful and important |
deforestation | cutting down of trees in a large area or the destruction of forests by people |
biodiversity | the degree of variation of animal and plant species on Earth |
extinct | animal, plant, or language no longer exists |
conservation | the careful use of energy, water, and other resources, so that they are not wasted or lost |
nuclear | relating to energy produced by changing the structure of the central part of an atom |
deplete | to reduce the amount of something or the number of things |
ozone | a kind of oxygen that exists high in the Earth’s atmosphere |
pollution | the process of damaging the air, water, or land with chemicals or other substances |
waste | the useless materials, substances, or parts that are left after you use something |