The Environment Flashcards
Dispose of in an irresponsible manner
Dump
The government system for providing for the health needs and services of all the people of a country or region
Public health
A problem that needs attention immediately
Urgent issue
A climatic tendency, occurs when the weather stays the same for days or weeks at a time.
Weather patterns
Necessary for the success or continued existence of something; extremely important:
“A strong opposition is _ to a healthy democracy.”
Vital
To improve one’s behavior, habits, or beliefs:
“If you want to live a long life, you’d better _ your _!”
Change ways
If something, such as a feeling or temperature, is described as _, it is extreme
_ heat
Searing
Temperatures rise very quickly to a high level:
Temperatures soar
Existing or happening in many places and/or among many people:
“There are reports of _ flooding in northern France.”
Widespread
Very serious consequences
Dire consequences
not possible to change; impossible to return to a previous condition:
_ climate changes
Irreversible
The distance between the place where food is grown or made and the place where it is eaten
Food miles
the act of sending out gas, heat, light, etc.:
vehicle _
emission
