Question | Answer |
Global Warming | a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants. |
Climate Change | a change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels. |
Energy Resources | Renewable (sun, sea, wind) or non-renewable (coal mine, gas well, oil well) resource used for obtaining an energy source. |
Green Resources | Something, such as a forest, a mineral deposit, or fresh water, that is found in nature and is necessary or useful to humans. |
Non-renewable resources | Of or relating to an energy source, such as oil or natural gas, or a natural resource, such as a metallic ore, that is not replaceable after it has been used. |
Renewable resources | any natural resource (as wood or solar energy) that can be replenished naturally with the passage of time |
Greenhouse Gases | a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation, e.g., carbon dioxide and chlorofluorocarbons. |
Greenhouse Effect | the trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted from the planet's surface. |
Acid Rain | rain that contains a high concentration of pollutants, chiefly sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, released into the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels such as coal or oil |
Pollution | the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects. |
Adapt | become adjusted to new conditions. |
Depend | rely on. |
Modify | make partial or minor changes to (something), typically so as to improve it or to make it less extreme |
Natural Disaster | a natural event such as a flood, earthquake, or hurricane that causes great damage or loss of life. |
Deforestation | is the clearing of trees, transforming a forest into cleared land. |
Reforestation | To replant (an area) with forest cover. |
Positive | a good, affirmative, or constructive quality or attribute. |
Negative | a word or statement that expresses denial, disagreement, or refusal. |