ESCOLA SECUNDRIA DE VALONGO

ENVIRONMENT - VOCABULARY

Acid rain Atmosphere Biodegradable Biodiversity Bottle bank Campaign Carbon dioxide Carbon monoxide Catastrophe Chemical Climate change Conservation Deforestation Desertification Developing countries Drought Dumping Earthquake Ecological Endangered species Energy sources Environmental group/organization Exhaust fumes Extinction factories Fertilizer Flood Fuel Global warming Greenhouse effect Harmful Hurricane Industrial waste Natural disaster Nuclear energy Oxygen Ozone hole

Ozone layer Paper bank Poisonous Polar ice caps Pollution Power sources (alternative) Prevention Radiation Rainforest Recycling Renewable Resources Rubbish/garbage Rubbish damp Sea level Sewage Shortage of Smog smoke Solar energy Surface

To affect To ban To be aware To be exposed To clean up To consume To contaminate To cut/shop down To damage To destroy To disappear To dump To emit To fertilize to harm To minimize To plant To pollute To prevent To protect To protest To recycle To reduce To renew To save To waste