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Voc Flashcards

1
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gases produced by industrial processes

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Carbon emissions

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2
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areas of the world around the North and South Pole

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Polar regions

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3
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a long period of time when there is little to no rain

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A drought

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a large amount of water that covers an area that is usually dry

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A flood

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5
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a period of very hot weather

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A heatwave

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substances which were formed underground eg. Coal and oil

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Fossil fuels

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7
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a person who doubts the truth of Sth.

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A sceptic

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8
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causing a lot of damage

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Catastrophic

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9
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wide in range and including a lot of information

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Extensive

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happening fast or suddenly

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Rapid

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11
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affecting a lot of things

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Far-reaching

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12
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able to be seriously considered

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Plausible

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13
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needing a lot of of effort to be successful

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Ambitious

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14
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to give information about sth

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Detail

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15
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a source of energy formed over millions of years from parts of dead animals or plants

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Fossil fuels

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16
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carbon dioxide that is that planes, cars factories etc. produce

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CO2 emissions

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17
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the slow rise in the temperature of the earth’s atmosphere, caused by certain gases trapping the heat of the sun

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The greenhouse effect

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18
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any of the gases that are thought to cause the greenhouse effect, especially CO2

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Greenhouse gas

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19
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a type of energy tat can be replaced naturally

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Renewable energy source

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20
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a situation in which the harmful gases produced by a particular company, region or country have on impact on the climate because the have ben balanced by the
actions that protect the environment

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Net zero

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21
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pressure on a systems because great demands are being placed on it

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Strain

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22
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the animals kept on a farm. eg. Cows/sheep

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Livestock

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23
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protect sth with a material that prevents heat from passing through/out

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Insulate

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24
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the amount of sth used or eaten/ drunk

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Consumption

25
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money that is paid by an a government to reduce the costs of services or production of goods

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Subsidy

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be the explanation or cause of sth

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Account for

27
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a person who works to achieve political or social change

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Activist

28
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become consistent and unlikely to change suddenly

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Stabilize

29
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very important for the final result of a particular situation

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Decisive

30
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likely to cause people to disagree

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Contentious

31
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to change frequently from one extreme to another

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Fluctuate

32
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money paid due to responsibility for injuring someone or damaging something

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Compensation

33
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that has never happened, been done or been known before

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Unprecedented

34
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easy to attack or damage: weak and easily damaged or hurt physically or emotionally

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Vulnerable

35
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worry or fear that something unpleasant may happen

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Apprehension

36
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not do sth that you usually do or should do or should be doing - to play truant

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Skip

37
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extremely sad / devastating

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Heartbreaking

38
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in a state of extreme excitement and crying, laughing, etc. without any control

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Hysterical

39
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a way of connecting to the internet that allows you to receive information very quickly and that is always active

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Broadband

40
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a clever and dishonest plan for making money

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Scam

41
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a situation that makes problems, often one in which you have to make a very difficult choice between things of equal importance

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Dilemma

42
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new, different and likely to have a great effect

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Radical

43
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a person who starts or supports a revolution, especially a political one

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Revolutionary

44
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give somebody advice on moral standards, behaviour, etc., especially in a way that they find annoying or boring

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Preaching

45
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make a feeling, an idea, etc. stronger

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Reinforce

46
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a feeling of worry, especially one that is

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Concern

47
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unpleasant and depressing

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Grim

48
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the central part of an object

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Core

49
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easily broken, damaged or destroyed

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Fragile

50
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greater than usual

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Exceptional

51
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very important

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Vital

52
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make something smaller in amount

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To reduce

53
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more and more

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Increasingly

54
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people in government

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Administration

55
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not considered important

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Irrelevant

56
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facts that help to prove something

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Evidence

57
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send (something) out from a source (e.g. - a gas)

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To emit

58
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stop something from increasing or continuing

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Restrict

Ingles I.3 (1 decks)

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