Environment Vocabulary - GH1ERI

The amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere because of one's own energy needs.

• Climate

• Pollution

• Global warming

• Carbon footprint

The average weather conditions in a place over 30 years or more.

• Ecosystem

• Climate

• Flood

• Conservation

Animals that are in danger of becoming extinct, which means that there wouldn't be any of that type of animal left in the world anymore.

• Wind farm

• Endangered species

• Pollution

The protection of things found in nature.

• Solar energy

• Wind farm

• Recycling

• Conservation

When it doesn't rain for a long time, usually a season or more, resulting in a water shortage

• Drought

• Rainforest

• Global warming

• Flood

Is a community of interacting organisms and their environment.

• Endangered Species

• Ecosystem

• Conservation

• Drought

An overflow of water onto normally dry land. The inundation of a normally dry area caused by rising water in an existing waterway, such as a river, stream, etc.

• Flood

• Drought

• Climate

• Wildlife

Is the term used to describe the rising of the average temperature on Earth.

• Drought

• Global warming

• Endangered species

• Climate

A tall, dense forest that receives lots of rain every year.

• Ecosystem

• Carbon footprint

• Rainforest

• Wildlife

The process of taking materials ready to be thrown away and converting (changing) them into reusable materials.

• Conservation

• Pollution

• Flood

• Recycling