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Pollution
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- 1smoke (n)a cloudy gray or black mixture of air and very small pieces of carbon produced by something that is burning
- 2chemical (n)any basic substance that is used in or produced by a reaction involving changes to atoms or molecules
- 3pesticides (n)a chemical substance used to kill harmful insects, small animals, wild plants, and other unwanted organisms
- 4environment (n)the air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and plants live
- 5green house gases (n)One of several gases, especially carbon dioxide, that prevent heat from the earth escaping into space, causing the greenhouse effect
- 6harmful (adj)(adjective) physical or other injury or damage
- 7waste (n)unwanted matter or material of any type, esp. what is left after use:
- 8leaking(of a liquid or gas) to escape from a hole or crack in a pipe or container, or (of a container) to allow liquid or gas to escape
- 9oil spillsan accident in which oil has come out of a ship and caused pollution
- 10smokestacksa tall, vertical pipe through which smoke or steam leaves a building or engine
- 11sonara device on a ship that uses sound to show the position of objects under the water
- 12agreementthe condition of having the same opinion, or a decision or arrangement between two or more people or groups to do something or to obey the same rules
- 13diseasea condition of a person, animal, or plant in which its body or structure is harmed because an organ or part is unable to work as it usually does; an illness
- 14acidiccontaining or having the chemical characteristics of an acid
- 15immunityprotection against a particular disease or illness by particular substances in the blood
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- Vocabulary to present a class about pollution with high school students in Mexico
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- Sergio Hernandez
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