week13 Flashcards

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endurance

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the ability to withstand stress or hard ship

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inundate

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  1. to flood or overflow 2. to overrun or overwhelm
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vital

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necessary for supporting life antonym: unimportant

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phenomenon

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  1. a fact or an event that can be seen or felt 2. something unusual and remarkable
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jostled

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bumped or pushed around roughly

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hearty

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full of warmth and friendliness

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emotion

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any strong feeling

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procrastinate

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to put off doing something until a future time

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greed

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intense and selfish desire for something especially money, power, or food

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stewardship

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the job of supervising or taking care of something [like the environment]

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protector/guardian

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a defender or caretaker

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smog

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fog or haze combined with smoke and other atmospheric pollutants

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destruction

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the action or process of causing so much damage to something that no longer exists or cannot be repaired

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advocacy

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public support for or recomme nation of a particular cause or policy

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environmentalism

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concern about and a cation taken to protect the environment

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initiative

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the abilly to assess and start things independently action

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redemption

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the action of regaining or saving something

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conservation

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prevention of wasteful use of resources

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hydrosphere

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all of the water on Earth, including water on the surface, underground, and in the air [water cycle]

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geosphere

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what is on the surface of the Earth that is not living rocks,mountains,

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atmosphere

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the envelop of gases surrounding the Earth or another planet

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biosphere

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surface to the Earth with living organisms [all life]

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chain reaction

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the idea that one interaction leads to another reaction [domino effect]

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stock

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part of a company that you can buy in order to invest in it

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dividend
portions of a companies profits that can be earned by an investor
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hoovervilles
shanty village of homeless people named after Herbert Hoover they erupted during the Great Depression
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the dust bowl
a severe drought that plagued most of the Midwest region of the USA and caused crops to die in the lands
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John Steinbeck
an author who wrote many books and stories about life in California
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Ansel Adams
a photographer during the Great Depression that focused on land sapes and nachanal parks
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Dorothea Lange
a photographer best known for taking photos of migrants suffering during the Great Depression [migrant mother]
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soup kitchens
kitchens that sprang up all over the country during the Great Depression to provide food for those who could not afford food