Environment Key Terms

Question 0

Global warming

Answer 0

The kg served and projected increase in the earths average temperature due to brining of fossil fuels and deforestation

Question 1

Deforestation

Answer 1

The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else

Question 2

Acid precipitation

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Any form of precipitation that is high in fulfil if acid and nitric acids and a result of pollution in the air

Question 3

CO2 emissions

Answer 3

Carbon dioxide emissions caused by burning of fossil fuels, largest contributor to global warming

Question 4

Groundwater

Answer 4

Water beneath earths surface in underground streams and other forms

Question 5

Aquifer

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An underground layer of rock, gravel, etc from which water can be drawn from wells and which is a source of springs

Question 6

Greenhouse gases

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Various gazes in the atmosphere that absorb and emit radiation, including carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and ozone

Question 7

Ultraviolet radiation

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Invisible days from the sun that can cause skin cancer

Question 8

Ozone layer

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A thin maher of ozone in the atmosphere filters the Suns UV rays

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CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons)

Answer 9

Chemicals used in coolants, solvents and aerosol cans that damage the ozone layer

Question 10

Montreal protocol

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An international agreement signed in 1987 to phase out the ozone-depleting chemical CFCs

Question 11

Kyoto protocol

Answer 11

An international agreement that sets binding targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions; the average target is 5% of 1990 levels by 2008-2012