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اللغة الإنجليزية — Vocabulary: Environment and Climate Change (Key Terms and Definitions) — 3 ثانوي — شعبة آداب — بكالوريا — المنهاج الجزائري
Environmental vocabulary is essential for the baccalaureate exam, especially for writing essays and reading comprehension about current global issues.
Key Environmental Terms
Environmental Problems
- Climate change / Global warming: the increase in Earth’s temperature due to greenhouse gases.
- Greenhouse effect: the trapping of heat in the atmosphere by gases like CO₂ and methane.
- Deforestation: the cutting down of forests on a large scale.
- Pollution: contamination of air, water, or soil by harmful substances (air pollution, water pollution, plastic pollution).
- Loss of biodiversity: the decrease in the variety of living species.
- Desertification: the process of fertile land becoming desert.
- Ozone layer depletion: thinning of the ozone layer protecting Earth from UV rays.
- Acid rain: rainfall made acidic by atmospheric pollution.
- Natural resource depletion: using up natural resources faster than they can be replenished.
- Overpopulation: too many people in a given area, putting pressure on resources.
Environmental Solutions
- Renewable energy: energy from sources that don’t run out (solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal).
- Sustainable development: meeting present needs without compromising future generations.
- Recycling: converting waste into reusable materials.
- Conservation: protecting natural resources and wildlife habitats.
- Reforestation: planting trees in deforested areas.
- Carbon footprint: the amount of CO₂ emitted by an individual or activity.
- Eco-friendly: not harmful to the environment.
- Biodiversity conservation: protecting the variety of plant and animal life.
Important Environmental Organizations
- UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme.
- IPCC: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
- Greenpeace: international environmental NGO.
- WWF: World Wide Fund for Nature.
- COP (Conference of Parties): annual UN climate conferences (COP21 – Paris Agreement 2015).
Sample Sentences for Writing
- “Climate change is one of the most serious threats facing humanity today.”
- “Governments must take urgent action to reduce carbon emissions.”
- “Individuals can make a difference by recycling and using less plastic.”
- “Renewable energy is essential for a sustainable future.”
- “International cooperation is crucial to combat global warming.”
Exercise
Fill in the blanks with the correct environmental term:
- The ______ ______ is caused by the emission of greenhouse gases.
- ______ energy comes from sources like the sun and wind.
- Clearing large areas of forests is called ______.
- ______ development aims to balance economic growth and environmental protection.
Related Lessons
For more English vocabulary and grammar:
Conditional Sentences and
Used to / Be Used to / Get Used to.
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