Environment vocabulary

Acid rain noun

• Rain that contains harmful chemicals that collect in the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned

• A gas that's released by plants and by burning fossil fuels

Carbon-dioxide noun

• A gas that's released by plants and by burning fossil fuels

• A substance that has been linked to causing one or more types of cancer

Carbon footprint noun

• A fuel like oil or coal formed from very old plant and animal fossils

• A measurement of the amount of carbon-dioxide a person adds to the atmosphere

Clear-cut verb

• To destroy a forest by cutting down all the trees

• To put organic waste like vegetable peels, uneaten food, grass clippings and leaves into a large container that breaks it down into healthy soil

Climate change noun

• The protection and preservation of natural environments and resources

• Global changes in temperature, wind patterns, rainfall, etc. mainly caused by the burning of fossil fuels like coal and oil

Energy-efficient adjective

• Able to use less energy

• The protection and preservation of natural environments and resources

Fossil fuel noun

• To add chemicals or organic material to soil so that plants grow better

• A fuel like oil or coal formed from very old plant and animal fossils

Global warming (also climate change) noun

• Animals or plants in danger of becoming extinct or disappearing in the near future

• Higher air and sea temperatures partly caused by man-made increases in greenhouse-gas levels