Environmental - Environment & Issues

Protective layer in atmosphere that shields earth from UV radiation

• ozone layer

• smog

• fossil fuels

• global warming

Chemicals that kill crop-destroying organisms

• smog

• ecology

• climate change

• pesticides

air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog

• global warming

• smog

• greenhouse gases

• ozone layer

a change in the weather that repeats

• global warming

• pesticides

• weather pattern

• climate change

The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment

• ecosystem

• genetic engineering

• ecology

• deforestation

Process of making changes in the DNA code of living organisms

• ecology

• genetic engineering

• global warming

• fossil fuels

a change in global or regional climate patterns

• global warming

• climate change

• weather pattern

• ecology

The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves.

• pesticides

• deforestation

• smog

• weather patterns

Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals

• pesticides

• fossil fuels

• deforestation

• ozone layer

A gradual increase in average global temperature

• global warming

• weather pattern

• climate change

• ozone layer