Term | Definition |
Oceans | very large expanse of sea, in particular, each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically. |
Continents | any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America). |
Latitude | the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, |
Longitude | the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England |
Equator | an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°. |
Degrees | a unit of measurement of angles, one three-hundred-and-sixtieth of the circumference of a circle. |
Regions | an area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries. |
Agricultural | relating to agriculture.: "agricultural land" "an agricultural worker". |
Urban | in, relating to, or characteristic of a city or town |
Populations | all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country. |
Native | a person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth, whether subsequently resident there or not.: |
Migrate | (of an animal, typically a bird or fish) move from one region or habitat to another, especially regularly according to the seasons. |
Distribution | the action of sharing something out among a number of recipients |
Rural | in, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town.: |
Suburban | of or characteristic of a suburb.: |
Manufacturing | make (something) on a large scale using machinery. |
Urbanization | the process of making an area more urban |
Pollution | the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects. |
Conservation | the action of conserving something, in particular. |
Sustainable | use able to be maintained at a certain rate or level |
Renewable | (of a natural resource or source of energy) not depleted when used.: |
Nonrenewable | a nonrenewable energy source.: "the availability of oil or other non renewables is not a concern to modern environmentalists |
Ecosystem | a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. |
Scarce | limited quantities , insufficient for the demand. |
Endangered species | a species of animal or plant that is seriously at risk of extinction |
Biodiversity | the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem. |
Ozone layer | a layer in the earth's stratosphere at an altitude of about 6.2 miles (10 km) containing a high concentration of ozone, which absorbs most of the ultraviolet radiation reaching the earth from the sun. |