Environment issues

Environmental issues

English vocabulary

Whats environment?

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Environment is:

the complex of physical, chemical, and biotic factors that act upon an organism or an ecological community and ultimately determine its form and survival.

Atmosphere

The envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.

Pollution

The presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects.

Energy

Power derived from the utilization of physical or chemical resources, especially to provide light and heat or to work machines.

Organic

Food or farming methods produced or involving production without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or other artificial agents.

Extinction

the fact or process of a species, family, or other group of animals or plants becoming extinct.

Recycle

convert (waste) into reusable material.

Radiation

the emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles, especially high-energy particles which cause ionization.

Ecosystem

a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.