Rainforests - Vocabulary

climate

• weather conditions in a particular area

• amount of heat in a particular area

carbon dioxide

• a gas that we breathe in

• a gas that we breathe out

greenhouse gas

• a gas which keeps heat in Earth's athmosphere

• a gas which cools down our Earth's athmosphere

protect

• to waste something

• to defend something

natural resources

• things such as water, forests and minerals which are in a place and can be used by people

• things that we buy from the supermarket that we need everyday

Equator

• imaginary line around the middle of a planet

• places located with no sunlight

layers

• bottom part of something

• covering a surface

vital

• important

• useless

release

• allow or enable to escape

• keep or hide

cut-down

• an increase

• a decrease