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Environmental Challenges

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Megalopolis   Areas where cities have grown so large they run into each other  
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Developing country   Countries seeking to industrialize, but still wanting to follow traditional ways  
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Developed countries   Like the U.S., have long been industrialized and can offer a higher standard of living  
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Standard of Living   The measure of a persons's wealth and personal well-being  
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Deforestation   The clearing of forests  
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Habitat   The special environments required for particular organisms to live  
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Desertification   The turning of fertile land into desert  
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Droughts   Long periods without rain  
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Subsistence farmers   People who grow just enough food to meet their needs  
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Slums   The rundown, poverty-stricken portions of a city  
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Nonrenewable resource   Fuels that take millions of years to produce, when they run out, they will be gone forever  
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Acid rain   Poisonous downpours  
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Greenhouse effect   Gases that trap solar energy in the form of heat, the same way that a nursery greenhouse does  
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Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's)   The gases used in aerosols, air conditioning, refrigerators, and foam packaging, has also raised concern among scientists  
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Ozone layer   A thin, protective layer of gas in the upper atmosphere  
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Ozone hole   Seasonal reduction of ozone over Antarctica  
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Sustainable development   Economic development that does not limit the ability of future generations to meet their needs  
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Green Revolution   A solution to feeding the world's population  
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