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keywords, save the planet
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- 1global warmingErderwärmung
A gradual increase in the earth’s average surface temperature. - 2changing weather and animal migration patternsKlimaveränderung und Tiermigrationsverhalten
Animals change their living area, because of the changing weather. - 3natural disastersNaturkatastrophen
for example: melting of glaciers and other ice formations, rising sea-levels,... - 4extinction of speciesArtensterben
when species die and no one of them is left - 5impact on human healthAuswirkungen auf die menschliche Gesundheit
negative influence of the human health standard - 6water supply and water shortageWasserversorung und -knappheit
Watersupply: every household gets enough water
water shortage: when not every human gets enough water - 7loss of aquatic plant lifeschwindene Wasserpflanzenwelt
rising saltness and loss of fish cause the loss of aquatic plant life - 8dependence on oilAbhängigkeit von Öl
is the need of the oil - 9fossil fuel emissionsAusstoß fossiler Brennstoffe
-> waste pollution - 10nuclear powerAtomkraft
A form of energy produced by an atomic reaction - 11alternative sources of energyalternative Energiequellen
f.e. solar power, wind power, kinds of renewable energy - 12biofuelsBiotreibstoff
are made from crops and oil and so release as much carbon into the atmosphere - 13depletion of soil nutrientsErschöpfung der Bodennährstoffe
not enough materials for the plants - 14deforestationEntwaldung
industrial clear felling of forests - 15ecosystemsÖkosystem
- 16soil contaminationBodenverschmutzung
polltuant, herbicide, fungicide - 17sewageAbwasser
used water that have to be cleaned before you will use it again - 18acid rainsaurer Regen
rain which is contaminated by exhausts - 19organic wasteBiomüll
It is bio degradable and can there for be composted - 20landfillMülldeponie
The place where the rubbish is collected
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- Englisch Vokabeln Flashcards on keywords, save the planet, created by lisa-eveline on 21/01/2015.
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