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Chap 6: Climate Change And Pollution Flashcards

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1
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Polluer

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To pollute

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Un polluant

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A pollutant

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Un pollueur

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A polluter

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Gaspiller

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To waste

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Le gaspillage , les déchets

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Wastage

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Un pic de pollution

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An pollution peak

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Les fumées d’usines

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Factory smoke

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Le smog

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Smog

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Les gaz d’échappement

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Car exhausts

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Surveiller la qualité de l’air

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To monitor air quality

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Les engrais

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Fertilizers

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La nappe phréatique

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Groundwater

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Les égouts

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The sewage system

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Une station d’épuration

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A sewage farm/plant

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L’amiante

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Asbestos

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Une marée noire

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An oil slick

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Un climatologue

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A climate scientist

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Le réchauffement climatique

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Global warming

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Une augmentation des températures

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A rise in temperatures

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Une station météorologique

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A weather station

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Prévoir

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To forecast

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Surveiller l’évolution des températures

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To monitor temperatures

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Émettre du CO2

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To emit carbon dioxide

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La combustion d’énergie fossiles

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The burning of fossil fuels

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L’effet de serre

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The greenhouse effect

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L’empreinte carbone

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Carbon imprint

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La surconsommation

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Overconsumption

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La fonte de la calotte glaciaire polaire

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The melting of the polar icecap

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Une taxe verte

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A green tax

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Un climato-sceptique

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A climate change denier

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Réduire les émissions de carbone

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To cut / curb carbon emissions

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Arrêter de gaspiller l’énergie

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To stop wasting energy

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Des ampoules basse consommation

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Low-energy lightbulbs

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Isolé une pièce

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To insulate a room

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Jetable

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Disposable

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Ramasser des déchets

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To collect waste

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Une décharge

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A rubbish/ garbage dump

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Enterré, enfouir

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To bury

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Une fuite

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A leak

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Les déchets nucléaires

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Nuclear waste

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L’élimination des déchets nucléaires

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Nuclear waste disposal

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Trier les déchets

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To sort waste

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Une usine de recyclage

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A recycling plant

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Climate change

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Significant and long-lasting change in the Earth’s climate and weather patterns especially, in current use: such change associated with global warming

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Pollution

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The action of polluting especially by environmental contamination with man-made waste also: the action of being polluted

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Climate change

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  • Significant and long-lasting change in the Earth’s climate and weather patterns.
  • Especially, in current use: such change associated with global warming.
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Pollution

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  • The action of polluting especially by environmental contamination with man-made waste
  • Also: the action of being polluted

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