Environment vocabulary

Deforestation

• a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry

• enlarge imagethe act of cutting down or burning the trees in an area

• connected with the natural conditions in which people, animals and plants live; connected with the environment

Environmental

• a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry

• connected with the natural conditions in which people, animals and plants live; connected with the environment

• a measure of the amount of carbon dioxide that is produced by the activities of a person or company

Carbon footprint

• a measure of the amount of carbon dioxide that is produced by the activities of a person or company

• connected with the natural conditions in which people, animals and plants live; connected with the environment

• a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry

Non-renewable

• any of the gases that are thought to cause the greenhouse effect, especially carbon dioxide

• a gas breathed out by people and animals from the lungs or produced by burning carbon

• (of natural resources such as gas or oil) that cannot be replaced after use

greenhouse gas

• a gas breathed out by people and animals from the lungs or produced by burning carbon

• any of the gases that are thought to cause the greenhouse effect, especially carbon dioxide

• to put somebody/something in a situation in which they could be harmed or damaged

endanger

• to put somebody/something in a situation in which they could be harmed or damaged

• fuel such as coal or oil that was formed over millions of years from parts of dead animals or plants

• the total quantity or mass (= weight) of plants and animals in a particular area or volume