Flashcards
Global Environmental Problems
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- 1acid rain, contains chemicals (i) particles can enter people´s lungs (ii) seep into the ground (iii) can fall into lakes and river (iv) can damage buildingsdeforestation, destruction of forest and cutting down of trees on a large scale
(i) trees play a part in the water cycle
(ii) species and animals affected
(iii) more CO2 remains in the atmosphere
(iv) earth exposed to the sun´s heat - 2loss of biodiversity, species becoming extinct (i) each species has a role in the ecosystem (ii) means greater variety of crops (iii) ensures natural sustainability (iv) affects food security: water and rawozone layer depletion, destroyed and thinner
(i) essential protection from sun UV radiation
(ii) industrial compunds break down it
(iii) reduction of the ability of protection
(iv) protection surface life - 3land degradation, soil and land pollution (i) reduce its productive potential (ii) loss of fertility and vegetation (iii) affect the ability to feed everyone (iv) reduce yields in major food cropsresource depletion, lack of natural resources
(i) the resources can´t be replenish
(ii) population and consumption is growing
(iii) tech can´t keep up with the rate
(iv) global agreement is needed - 4climate change, weather patterns (i) the build up of greenhouse gases (ii) carbon emissions and combustion of fossil fuels (iii) rise in temperatures and changes (iv) rise in sea levelsair pollution, contains pollutants
(i) combustion, mining, factories, power plants, farming, fires and automobile
(ii) endanger our health and ecosystem
(iii) chronic problems
(iv) premature deaths - 5marine pollution, sea contains pollutants (i) septic tanks, sewage sludge, car oil leaks (ii) farm chemicals and boats (iii) waste depositing into the ocean (iv) devastating for sea creaturesover population,
(i) living standars and medicine
(ii) longer life span and lower infant mortality
(iii) lack of resources
(iv) waste disposal become a problem - 6ecosystem biodiversity habitat climate change soil erosionhealth problems
soil polution
water polution
damage buildings
desertification - 7loss of vegetation growing population droghts floods wildfiresdevastation
storms
premature deaths
hazardous effects
vulnerability - 8earthquake hurricane tornado typhoon cycloneto flatten
to damage
to strike
to harm - wounded - injured
to prevent - 9flood heavy rain torrential droughtrelief
assistance
financial relief
aid convoy
international aid agencies - 10food shortage famine malnutrition starving populationdevastation
epidemic
famine
disaster
plague - 11properties casualties refugees survivors buildingsto suffer
to spread
to sweep
to eructe
to shake - 12to evacuate charity homeless pollution harvest (crop)camps
disaster area
to rehouse
storm
strong wings - 13immense to deal with properly equipped lack of rain hardshipto flee
to run way from
outbreak
disease
illness - 14polluted rain chemicals rain forest wooded areascut down
species
extinct
thin
destroy
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- EILTS English Flashcards on Global Environmental Problems, created by Javier de León on 19/04/2016.
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