Unit 8 - Environment Vocabulary Assessment

Climate Change

• The disposal of refuse and other waste material by burying it and covering it over with soil

•  A change in the average conditions — such as temperature and rainfall — in a region over a long period of time.

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

Energy

• Release of harmful materials into the environment

• Power, ability

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

Fossil fuels

• The disposal of refuse and other waste material by burying it and covering it over with soil

• Capable of being renewed / not able to be renewed.

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

landfill

• The disposal of refuse and other waste material by burying it and covering it over with soil

• Capable of being renewed / not able to be renewed.

• Destruction of forests

Deforestation

• Release of harmful materials into the environment

• Capable of being renewed / not able to be renewed.

• Destruction of forests

Pollution

• Release of harmful materials into the environment

• Capable of being renewed / not able to be renewed.

• Destruction of forests

Greenhouse Gasses

• Gasses such as carbon dioxide, methane and water vapor that trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere and affect Earth's climate.

• Capable of being renewed / not able to be renewed.

• Destruction of forests

renewable # Non-renewable

• Material which is eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required.

• Power, ability

• The ability to keep in existence or maintain. A sustainable ecosystem is one that can be maintained

Sustainability

• Capable of being renewed / not able to be renewed.

• Power, ability

• The ability to keep in existence or maintain. A sustainable ecosystem is one that can be maintained

Waste

• Material which is eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required.

• Destruction of forests

• gases released into the air, especially by cars and factories