Chapter 3 - Environmental Science/Global Warming Flashcards

672995138	atmosphere	the whole mass of air surrounding the earth
672995139	deforestation	the act of cutting down trees
672995140	degrade	to damage something
672995141	depleting	reducing something to an insufficient amount
672995142	disrupt	to keep something from moving or growing
672995143	ecosystems	the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit
672995144	emissions	something sent out or given off
672995145	energy-efficient	energy efficient homes are composed of a network of elements working together to reduce the overall amount of energy consumption
672995146	erosion	the process of slowly destroying the surface through wind or rain
672995147	fossil fuels	fuels (as coal, oil, or natural gas) formed in the earth from plant or animal remains
672995148	glacial melts	a large persistent body of ice that is melting
672995149	greenhouse gases	warming of the surface and lower atmosphere of a planet (as Earth or Venus) that is caused by conversion of solar radiation into heat in a process involving selective transmission of short wave solar radiation by the atmosphere, its absorption by the planet's surface, and reradiation as infrared which is absorbed and partly reradiated back to the surface by atmospheric gases
672995150	habitats	places where plants and animals are found
672995151	incineration	the process of causing to burn to ashes
672995152	industrialize	to build and operate factories and businesses in a city, region, country, etc.
672995153	mitigate	to make something less harmful
672995154	ozone	a form of oxygen that is found in a layer high in the earth's atmosphere
672995155	precipitation	the amount of rain or snow that falls
672995156	ramifications	unexpected results or consequences of an action
672995157	renewable	that can be replaced naturally