The World Around Us

The World Around Us

1. Environment

   • Greenhouse effect
     • The Sun’s rays hit the earth as long-wave radiation, which passes through greenhouse gases easily. However when they hit the earth the warm the planet and the energy is then radiated out from Earth as short wave infra-red radiation (heat) which is easily  bsorbed by greenhouses gases before it escapes into space. So the world gets warmer. This is the greenhouse effect and the leading greenhouse gases impacting on the environment are water vapor, CO2, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone.
   • Deforestation
   • Climate change
     • Ecosystems
     • Habitat
     • Drought
     • Invasive species

2. Economy

   • Globalization
   • Immigration
   • Mass production
     • quality
     • customer demands
     • value adding activities

3. Society

   • Poverty
   • Corporte social responsibility
   • Ageism

4. Politics

   • Democracy
   • Human rights
   • Nationalism

Bilder und Dateien der Mindmap

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• Deforestation: Facts, Causes & Effects (Einbetten)
• Vocab List (application/pdf)