European Environmental Issues

Land that is capable of producing crops

• arable

• rancid

• toxic

• emission

the average weather in an area over time

• temperature

• weather

• climate

• equator

permanently frozen soil

• biome

• permafrost

• tundra

• plain

an industrialized area "the city"- densely populated

• urban

• rural

generally, an agricultural area- "The Country"-is not densely populated

• urban

• rural

a material found in the environment that is a naturally occurring source of wealth such as water, trees, mineral deposits...etc.

• money

• land value

• natural resource

• economy

the pattern of where people live

• population distribution

• population density

the number of people living per unit of land

• population distribution

• population density

the introduction of harmful substances or products into the environment

• pollution

• acid

• permafrost

• contami

person or event that makes something happen

• cause

• effect