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| Global Warming | An increase in the earth's average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may come from the greenhouse effect.
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| Climate Change | A change in the earth's climate, especially a change due to an increase in the average atmospheric temperature.
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| Energy Resources | Renewable or non-renewable resource used for obtaining an energy source.
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| Green Resources | Anything that don't burn fossil fuels.
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| Non-renewable resources | A resource of economic value that cannot be readily replaced by natural means on a level equal to its consumption.
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| Renewable resources | Any resource, such as wood or solar energy, that can or will be replenished naturally in the course of time.
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| Greenhouse Gases | A gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation, e.g., carbon dioxide and chlorofluorocarbons.
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| Greenhouse Effect | Warming of the Earth's surface and lower atmosphere caused by water vapor, carbon dioxide, and other trace gases in the atmosphere.
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| Acid Rain | Rain that contains dangerous chemicals because of smoke from cars and factories.
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| Pollution | The action or process of making land, water, air, etc., dirty and not safe or suitable to use.
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| Adapt | To change your behavior so that it is easier to live in a particular place or situation.
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| Depend | To be determined, based, or contingent.
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| Modify | To change some parts of while not changing other parts.
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| Natural Disaster | A natural event such as a flood, earthquake, or hurricane that causes great damage or loss of life.
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| Deforestation | The act or result of cutting down or burning all the trees in an area.
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| Reforestation | The act of planting tree seeds or young trees in an area where there used to be a forest.
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| Positive | Good or useful.
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| Negative | Harmful or bad : not wanted.
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