Unit Vocabulary

Vocabulary on EnvironmentGlobal Warming

the gradual increase in the temperature of Earths surface over time.

Pollution

Pollution

When substances in the air, water, and on land, contaminate the earth and possibly present harm to humans.Air Pollution

Air Pollution

Journal: What effects have you experienced with pollution?

DeforestationThe process of cutting down trees, and removing the trees away from the forests.

Ice Capa thick cover of ice over an area, sloping in all directions from the center.

Ice Cap

A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of landOzoneA gas that forms a layer in the atmosphere and absorbs harmful rays of the sun.

Desertification

The process by which the land becomes increasingly dry until almost no vegetation is growing.Desertification whenan area becomes a desert

ClimateThe usual weather conditions of a region over a series of years.

Journal: Where do you see areas that are mostly dry? Why is that?Drought

When a place has gone a long period of timewithout water.Extinctno longer in existence

Endangered

Endangeredthreatened with extinction

Journal: What are some reasons animals become endangered?

List at least 3 reasonsCarbon Footprintthe amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by a company, household, or individual through day-to-day activities over a given period

to treat or process (used or waste materials) so as to make suitable for reuse

RecycleJournal: Do you recycle? What items do you recycle?

Conservation

Protection, preservation, and careful management of natural resources and of the environment

Human Environment Interaction

The relationship between humans and the environmentHuman Environmental InteractionThe ways humans treat and change the environmentJournal: How have humans shaped the landscape of the earth in each picture?

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