Environment

Alex M.
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  1. agriculture
    the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
  2. biodiversity
    the variety of plant and animal life in a habitat
  3. carbon dioxide
    a colorless, odorless greenhouse gas essential for photosynthesis
  4. climate
    the weather in some location averaged over a period of time
  5. climate change
    a shift in the world's average weather and temperature
  6. conservation
    careful management of the environment and natural resources
  7. damage
    the occurrence of a change for the worse
  8. debris
    the remains of something that has been destroyed
  9. deforestation
    the state of being clear of trees
  10. destruction
    an event that completely ruins something
  11. drought
    a shortage of rainfall
  12. ecosystem
    organisms interacting with their physical environment
  13. emission
    the act of causing to flow forth
  14. erosion
    the process of wearing or grinding something down
  15. extinction
    the state of being no longer in existence
  16. gasoline
    a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
  17. global warming
    a rise in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere
  18. habitat
    the type of environment in which an organism normally lives
  19. industry
    the action of making of goods and services for sale
  20. litter
    rubbish carelessly dropped or left about
  21. petrol
    gasoline
  22. pollution
    contamination of the natural environment
  23. power station
    an electrical generating station
  24. precipitation
    the falling to earth of any form of water
  25. production
    the act or process of making something
  26. protect
    shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage
  27. public transit
    a public transportation system for moving passengers
    American English
  28. public transport
    conveyance for passengers or mail or freight
    British English
  29. recycle
    use again after processing
  30. rubbish
    worthless material that is to be disposed of
  31. sustainable
    capable of being prolonged
  32. toxic
    of or relating to or caused by a poison
  33. toxin
    a poisonous substance produced organically
  34. traffic
    vehicles or pedestrians traveling in a particular locality
Created on Wed Aug 14 01:53:19 EDT 2013 (updated Mon Aug 26 04:54:05 EDT 2013)

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