A list of vocabulary items related to the environment protection
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| acid rain | rain which contains large amounts of harmful chemicals as a result of burning substances such as coal and oil
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| carbon dioxide | the gas formed when carbon is burned, or when people or animals breathe out.
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| climate | the general weather conditions usually found in a particular place.
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| deforestation | the cutting down of trees in a large area; the destruction of forests by people.
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| endangered species | endangered birds/plants/species animals or plants which may soon not exist because there are very few now alive.
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| global warming | a gradual increase in world temperatures caused by polluting gases such as carbon dioxide which are collecting in the air around the Earth and preventing heat escaping into space.
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| greenhouse effect | an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere which is believed to be the cause of a gradual warming of the surface of the Earth.
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| pollution | damage caused to water, air.... by harmful substances or waste.
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| ozone layer | a layer of air high above the Earth, which contains a lot of ozone, and which prevents harmful ultraviolet light from the sun from reaching the Earth.
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