CENTRO EDUCATIVO LOMBARDÍA

Código: PPD F05

Formamos Niños, Niñas y Jóvenes Excepcionales

Actualización:
16/01/2019.
GUIAS Y TALLERES
Versión: 3

PERIODO First FECHA March 25th/2020 ÁREA

environmeF
Technical English

NOMBRE GABRIELA QUINTERO TORRES CURSO 10th

Environment Effluent
-Watch these links: https://www.youtube.com/watch? Emissions

v=IOFBx1ac-JA Flora
Fauna
Fossil fuels
-Watch this link and answer the questions using your
own words. Please, do not use translator. Issue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKAYAnLsoUk Global warming

Greenhouse effect
Activities to be sent on April 13th
Greenhouse gases

-Search the meaning of these words and write their Habitat

meaning in English, using your own words. On April
Hazardous waste
20th. Then, does a classroom test (1st partial)
Household waste

Acid rain Landfill

Air pollution
Litter
Algae
Alternative energy sources Noxious gases

Atmosphere Oil spill

Biodegradable waste
Organic food
Biodiversity
Bioenergy Organic
Biomass Organism
Biosphere
Ozone layer
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
Carbon emissions Pesticides
Carbon footprint
Radiation
Carbon monoxide
Radioactive
Carpooling
Climate Recycle
Climate change
Reforestation
Compost
Compostable Renewable energy

Composting Renewable resource

Conservation
Reuse
Deforestation
Disposal products Sewage
Domestic waste
Smog
Draught proofing
Ecosystem Smokeless fuel

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Solar panel Composting: It is an organic matter that comes from
agricultural residues, and from gardening for its rapid
Sustainable development
decomposition and then use it as a fertilizer.
Toxic
Wind energy Conservation: It is the care or maintenance that is given to
something in order to keep it in good condition.
Acid rain: It is formed when the humidity of the air meets
different oxides. Deforestation: It is the human action of leaving the ground
without trees and plants by cutting down and burning
Air pollution: Are gases in the air that can be caused by
forest resources such as forests or jungles.
cars, factories, etc.
Disposal products: It is an organic reaction, it is when they
Algae: Are plants found in water.
eliminate a molecule and put a new one.
Alternative energy sources: Are sources that are raised as
Domestic waste: Are domestic waste (garbage).
an alternative.
Draught proofing: I don’t now :(.
Atmosphere: Is the layer that surrounds the earth.
Ecosystem: It is a group of species of a place that act
Biodegradable waste: Are natural residues that
among them.
decompose easily.
Effluent: Are result of domestic use, which comes from
Biodiversity: Is the diversity of plant and animal species
houses, towns or industrial areas.
that live in a certain place.
Emissions: Are some substances to the atmosphere, they
Bioenergy: It is a renewable energy that is produced by
can affect the air quality in a place.
the use of organic matter.
Flora: It is the group of vegetation that has a region or a
Biomass: It is a renewable energy from the use of organic
country.
and inorganic matter formed in some biological or
mechanical process. Fauna: Is the group of animals that inhabit a region.

Biosphere: It is the layer of planet earth where life Fossil fuels: There are four fossil fuels: oil, coal, natural
develops, it is made up of water, land and mass. gas, and petroleum gas.

Carbon dioxide (CO)2: It is a gas that is part of the Issue: A topic or problem that the people think and talk
troposphere (layer of the atmosphere close to the earth). about: environmental/ ethical/personal issue.

Carbon emissions: It is a gas that is part of the layer of the Global warming: It is a phenomenon where heat radiation
atmosphere closest to earth. from the planet’s surface is absorbed by gases in the
atmosphere.
Carbon footprint: It is an indicator that measures the
impact on global warming. Greenhouse: It is a phenomenon where some gases
retain energy emitted by the ground after it has been
Carbon monoxide: It is a toxic gas without odor or color
heated.
but it is very dangerous, it can cause illness and death.
Greenhouse gases: It is an atmospheric gas that absorbs
Carpooling: It is a transport for the reduction of emissions
and emits radiation.
of greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide (CO2) into the
atmosphere. It is also to reduce traffic and vehicular
Habitat: It is a place that presents the appropriate
problems.
conditions for an organism, animals or plants to live.
Climate: It is a natural phenomenon, it is measured to
assess temperature, humidity, wind rain and others. Hazardous waste: it is a waste with internal properties
that put people's health at risk or can cause damage to
Climate changes: Is the variation of the earth’s climate.
the environment.
Compost: It is a fertilizer composed of organic waste.
Household waste: it’s (garbage) that comes from our
Compostable: It is the composting process that can be house.
produced through the action of a person.
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Código: PPD F05
Formamos Niños, Niñas y Jóvenes Excepcionales

Actualización:
16/01/2019.
GUIAS Y TALLERES
Versión: 3

Renewable resource: It is a natural resource that can go

Land-fill: Are residues buried in the ground in large
quantities.
Litter: Small pieces of rubbish that have been left lying on
the ground in public places.
through natural processes due to the consumption of
living beings.
Reuse: It is the action that allows you to reuse a
discarded thing or products and give them the same or
different use.

Noxious gases: Are gases that harm and can kill living Sewage: Are the result of the domestic use of water, they
things, for example carbon dioxide, chlorine, etc. are also called sewage.

Oil spill: It is an ecological problem that occurs frequently.
The hydrocarbon is transported aquatically and later it is
united with the oil spilled in the sea or in the river.
Organic food: It is food that does not contain chemicals
during its production process.
Organic: Are the remains of plants such as leaves,
branches, decomposing fruits, paper, etc.
Organism: It is a living being and also the set of organs of
a living being.
Ozone layer: It is inside the Earth's atmosphere and has
the function of being the protective layer that preserves
the life of planet Earth.
Pesticides: It is a chemical that destroys pests of animals
and plants.
Smog: It is a condition produced by the action of sunlight
on gases from factories, buildings, houses, etc.
Smokeless fuel: I don’t know :( haha.
Solar panel: It is a device that uses energy from the sun to
transform it into electrical energy.
Sustainable development: It meets the current needs
without understanding the resources and possibilities of
future generations.
Toxic: It is a substance that is poisonous or can cause
disorders or death accordingly due to the chemical effect.
Wind energy: It is a renewable energy source that uses
the force of the wind to generate electricity.

Radiation: It is the emission, propagation and transfer of

energy in the form of electromagnetic waves or particles.

Radioactive: It is a natural physical phenomenon, it is also

the property of the atoms.

Recycle: put used materials or waste to a transformation

process so that they can be used again.

Reforestation: It is the process of replanting or cultivating

on a surface that had lost its forest (plants, trees, etc.).

Renewable energy: are those that are obtained from

natural sources.

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