Glossary of Environmental Terms, Quizzes of Linguistics

Definitions for various environmental terms such as agriculture, drinking water, global warming, preservation, damage, degradation, desalination, deforestation, carbon dioxide, ecosystem, ecotourism, greenhouse effect, emission, scarcity, rain forest, glacier, incentive, aquifer, heritage, loss, planet, pollution, population, preservation, burning, resource, water resources, preserve, basic sanitation, drought, soil, vehicle, aluminum, copper, can, metal, plastic, sorting, glass, citizen, speculator, diver, environmental, frightening, cruel, disorganized, mortal, harmful, underground, rural, urban, to fight, to quarrel, to decompose, to degrade, to take time, to devastate, to emit, to involve, to lack, to migrate, to mutilate, to pollute, to recycle, to sow, to separate, to be in excess, to suffer, to bear, not at all, cause, tax, legacy, chain saw, nongovernmental organization, government agency.

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TERM 1
a agricultura
DEFINITION 1
agriculture
TERM 2
a gua potvel
DEFINITION 2
drinking water
TERM 3
a gua
doce/salgada
DEFINITION 3
fresh/salt water
TERM 4
o aquecimento global
DEFINITION 4
global warming
TERM 5
a conservao
DEFINITION 5
preservation
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a agricultura

agriculture

TERM 2

a gua potvel

DEFINITION 2

drinking water

TERM 3

a gua

doce/salgada

DEFINITION 3

fresh/salt water

TERM 4

o aquecimento global

DEFINITION 4

global warming

TERM 5

a conservao

DEFINITION 5

preservation

o dano

damage

TERM 7

a degradao

DEFINITION 7

degradation

TERM 8

o dessalinizao

DEFINITION 8

desalination

TERM 9

o desmatamento

DEFINITION 9

deforestation

TERM 10

o dixido de

carbono

DEFINITION 10

carbon dioxide

a floresta tropical

rain forest

TERM 17

a geleira

(B)

DEFINITION 17

glacier

TERM 18

o glaciar (P)

DEFINITION 18

glacier

TERM 19

o incentivo

DEFINITION 19

incentive

TERM 20

o lenol subterrneo

DEFINITION 20

aquifer

o patrimnio

(B)

heritage

TERM 22

o patrimnio (P)

DEFINITION 22

heritage

TERM 23

a perda

DEFINITION 23

loss

TERM 24

o

planeta

DEFINITION 24

planet

TERM 25

a poluio

DEFINITION 25

pollution

a

reserva

preserve, reservation

TERM 32

o saneamento bsico

DEFINITION 32

basic sanitation

TERM 33

a seca

DEFINITION 33

drought

TERM 34

o solo

DEFINITION 34

soil

TERM 35

o

veculo

DEFINITION 35

vehicle

o alumnio

aluminum

TERM 37

o cobre

DEFINITION 37

copper

TERM 38

a lata

DEFINITION 38

can

TERM 39

o metal

DEFINITION 39

metal

TERM 40

o plstico

DEFINITION 40

plastic

ambiental

environmental

TERM 47

assustador/a

DEFINITION 47

frightening, scary

TERM 48

cruel

DEFINITION 48

cruel

TERM 49

desordenado/a

DEFINITION 49

disorganized

TERM 50

mortfero/a

DEFINITION 50

mortal, lethal

prejudicial

harmful

TERM 52

subterrneo/a

DEFINITION 52

underground

TERM 53

rural

DEFINITION 53

rural

TERM 54

urbano/a

DEFINITION 54

urban

TERM 55

brigar

DEFINITION 55

to fight, to quarrel

emitir

to emit

TERM 62

envolver

DEFINITION 62

to involve

TERM 63

faltar

DEFINITION 63

to lack

TERM 64

migrar

DEFINITION 64

to migrate

TERM 65

mutilar

DEFINITION 65

to mutilate

poluir

to pollute

TERM 67

reciclar

DEFINITION 67

to recycle

TERM 68

semear

DEFINITION 68

to sow, to plant

TERM 69

separar

DEFINITION 69

to separate

TERM 70

sobrar

DEFINITION 70

to be in excess, toto overflow

o legado

legacy

TERM 77

a moto serra

DEFINITION 77

chain saw

TERM 78

a organizao no-governamental

DEFINITION 78

nongovernmental organization

TERM 79

o rgo governamental

DEFINITION 79

government agency