Vocabulary test 13 Flashcards
endurance
The abillity to withstand stress or hardship
inundate
- To flood or overflow
2.To overrun or overwhelw
vital
necessary for supporting life.
phenomenon
- A fact or an event that can be seen or felt
- Something unusual and remarkable
jostled
bumped or pushed around roughtly
hearty
full of warmth and friendliness
emotion
any strong felling
procrastinate
to put off doing something, until a future time
greed
intense and selfish desire for something, especially money, power, or food
stewardship
the job of supervising or taking care of something
protector/guardiun
a defender or caretakes
smog
fog or haze conbined with smock and other atnospherepollutants
destruction
the action or process of causing so much damage to something
advocacy
Public support for of a particuylar cause or policy
environmentalism
concern about and action taken to protect the environment
initiative
the ability to assess and start things independently action
redemption
the action of regaining or saving some thing
conservation
prevention of wasteful use of resource
hydrosphere
All the water on earth including water on the surface,underground, and in the air(wathercycle)
geosphere
Circus of the Earth We’re living organisms (all life)
atmosphere
the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet
biosphere
What is on the surface of the Earth that is not leaving (crocks, mountains) forest, valley mountains, plains
chain reaction
Idea that one interaction leads to another reaction(domino reaction)
stock
Part of a company that you can buy in order to invest in it
dividend
bortions of a company’s profit that could be earned by an investor
hoovervilles
shanty village Oklahoma people named after Herbert Hoover they erupted during the Great Depression
the Bust Ball
a servere drought that plagued mosr of the midwest region of the osa and caused crops to die in the 1930s
John Steinback
An author who wrote many books and stories about life in California and Midwest during the 1930
Ansel Adams
A photographer during the Great depression that focaused on landscapes and national parks
Dorthea Lange
A photographer that spung up all over the country during the Great Depression
Soup Kitchen
Kitchens that sprung up all over the country during the great depression to prove food for those who could not effort to buy food