Vocabulary from Ch. 28/29: Environmental Issues in Asia

- renewable source of energy including firewood and wood products, animal waste, and commercial or residential garbage.

• Geothermal Fuels

• Biomass Fuels

• Hydrogen Energy

• Tidal Energy

- fuels made from decomposing plants and animals which include coal, oil, and natural gas.

• Fossil Fuel

• Solar Energy

• Hydroelectricity

• Hexadecimal Fuel

- to introduce industry on a large scale; the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale.

• Diagonalization

• Industrial Pollution

• Geothermal Commerce

• Industrializing/Industrialization

A plateau is a flat, elevated landform that rises sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side.

• True

• False: Mountain

• False: Desert

Gross Domestic Product is the average number of individuals in a population per unit of area or volume. For example, a population of 100 insects that live in an area of 100 square meter s has a density of 1 insect per square meter.

• True

• False: Vehicle Emissions

• False: Population Density

- gasses emitted from a vehicle as a result of internal combustion such as carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, and nitrogen oxide.

• Vehicle Emissions

• Water-borne Disease

• Hydrofloracarbon

• Kit-Kot

- Illness caused by consuming contaminated food or beverages, from contact with animals or their environment, or through person-to-person spread.

• Peer to Peer Sharing

• Food Poisoning

• Infectious Disease

• Water-borne Disease

To Address something means to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem. Ex. I will give my attention to the homeless issue.

• True

• False: Haggle

• False: Disregard

- The act of introducing or depositing wastes from any non- domestic source into a public sewer, private sewer, or side sewer tributary. The dumping of waste into a water source.

• Ganga

• Discharge

• to Address

• Vital

- The Hindu goddess of purification and forgiveness; she is the personification of the river Ganges.

• Brahma

• Shiva

• Vishnu

• Ganga