Climate change Flashcards
changes in the earth’s weather, especially the increase in the temperature of the earth’s atmosphere
climate change
covering or affecting the whole world
global
exp: global issues/warming
happening slowly over a long period of time
gradual
gradually adv
the gases around the Earth, planets, etc.
the atmosphere
causing damage, injury or illness
harmful
harm v
a substance like air, e.g. oxygen, hydrogen, carbon dioxide
gas
the natural world; the air, land and water in which people, plants and animals live
the environment
environ mental adj
gases, chemicals, etc. that harm
the environment
pollution
pollute v
connected with people
human
If you heat ice, it melts: it changes from a
solid to a liquid.
melt
ALSO solid adj, liquid adj
increase, go higher risen
OPP fall v, n
rise
you can’t say how it will change in the future.
unpredictable
OPP predictable;
predict v
a period of unusually hot weather
heatwave
they go away and people cannot see them.
disappear
happens when many people die because there is not enough food in a country.
famine
