Air pollution- The contamination of the

Acid rain - Rain mixed with acids formed by atmosphere by noxious gases and
gases released into the atmosphere when particulates
fossil fuels are burned.

Deforestation-The process of
destroying a forest and replacing it with
something else, especially by an Domestic garbage- Residential waste
agricultural system.
 pollution - the introduction of
contaminants into an environment that
Pesticides- a chemical used to kill pests causes instability, disorder, harm or
(as rodents or insects a chemical used discomfort to the ecosystem
to kill pests (as rodents or insects)

garbage- waste
water pollution - pollution of the
water in rivers and lakes
 oil spill- the release of a liquid landfill- a location for the disposal of
petroleum hydrocarbon into the human waste be it domestic,
environment due to human activity commercial or industrial

ozone hole- a region of the

stratosphere over Antarctica (and a nuclear waste- The radioactive products
smaller one over the Arctic) that is formed by fission and neutron transmutation
depleted of ozone . of materials in a reactor
 greenhouse effect- increase in
temperature caused when incoming solar
global warming- warming that results when
radiation is passed but outgoing thermal
solar radiation is trapped by the
radiation is blocked by the atmosphere
atmosphere

hurricane- an intense, rotating oceanic

industrial waste- Wastes from any factory,
weather system that possesses
transportation apparatus, from scientific
maximum sustained winds exceeding
research, dredging, sewage and scrap metal.
119 km/hr (74 mph)
 endangered species- species whose
drought- temporary abnormalities
numbers are so small that the species is
determined by deficient precipitation
at risk of extinction

flood- A form of natural disaster when

there is more water than the lakes, rivers,
exhaust fumes - gases ejected from an oceans, or ground can hold
engine as waste products