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affect
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to have an influence on somebody
Basic Needs
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food water warmth
bullying
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using my strength to hurt weaker people
carbon dioxide
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a gas in the air we breathe
Child labour
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the state of employing children to work
Crime
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an act which is not legal and may be punished by law
decline
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to become worse
deforestation
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the cutting down of trees
employment
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the state of being paid to work for a company
exploitation
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the act of using somebody or something to my advantage
family planning
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choosing when to have children and how many to have
famine
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a situation in which large numbers of people have little or no food and many of them die
figure
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a number
Fossil fuels
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substances such as coal or oil which are made from naturally destroyed parts of dead animals or plants and are burned to provide heat or power
Global warming
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a rise in the Earth's temperature caused by polluted gases
greenhouse gases
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gases that are created from burning fossil fuels and cause our atmosphere to heat up
homelessness
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the condition of not having a home
illegal downloading of songs
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the act of downloading copyrighted material from the internet without paying for it
issue
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a matter
melt
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to change from solid to liquid when heated
Overfishing
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the act of catching too many fish
overpopulation
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the condition of having too many people for the resources available in a place
ozone depletion
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the reduction of ozone in the atmosphere
polar Ice caps
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the huge masses of ice at the North and South poles
poverty
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the condition of being extremely poor
standard of Living
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the amount of money and comfort that certain people have
starvation
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extreme suffering or death because of lack of food
trap
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to catch; to hold in a place
abandon
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to leave a place a thing or a person
at risk
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in danger
Atoll
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a landmass made of coral
attitude
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a way of thinking and acting
aware of
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knowing about something
be moved to Tears
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to be upset to the point of crying
brutal
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Cruel, violent
but for
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if it hadn't been for
cholera
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a serious often deadly disease of the stomach and intestines found mainly in tropical countries
contaminated
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harmful because of chemicals of radiation
draw up
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to write down or create a suggestion or plan
effect
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a result
emerge
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to become known
emergency shipment
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a cargo of emergency supplies
forefather
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an ancestor
gas emissions
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gas releases
geological makeup
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what something natural is made of; especially concerning rock
grow crops
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to cultivate plants to eat
home-grown food
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edible crops grown in our own country
import
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to bring into a country through legal means
inevitable
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certain to happen anacondas be prevented or avoided
lack
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an absence of something; a shortage
negotiator
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somebody who mediates between two parties to reach an agreement
outline
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to give the main ideas of something
phenomenon
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something that happens and is studied because it is difficult to understand
proposal
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an idea; a plan
remain
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to continue to be
representative
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somebody who acts on behalf of another person or group of people
significantly
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considerably
soil
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the top layer of Earth in which plants grow
spell
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to mean
state of emergency
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a period when emergency measures are put in place to safeguard people
thermal expansion
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the act of getting bigger because of heat
uninhabitable
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unsuitable for people to live there
water shortage
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not having a sufficient supply of water to meet needs
Advanced
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very modern; ahead of the time
aftershock
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a Tremor after an earthquake
afterthought
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an idea which was not originally intended but it was thought of later
ash
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gray powder created when the volcano erupts
casualty
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somebody wounded or killed in an event
chop down
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to cut down
collapse
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to fall down
contaminate
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to make a substance harmful by putting something in it
demage
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to harm; to injure
devastating
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highly destructive
dispose of
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to throw away unwanted things
eruption
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an instance of hot rocks and ash exploding out of the top of a volcano
exhaust fumes
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gases released by a vehicle when the engine is running
explosion
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a forceful outburst of a bomb
frost
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the cold weather conditions which allow a thin layer of powdery ice to form
gain access to sth
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to find a way to get something
greenhouse effect
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an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere considered responsible for global warming
gust
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a shirt and sudden rush of wind
industrial waste
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waste products from factories
infect
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to affect with a disease-causing organism
injure
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to hurt or wound
oil spill
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the condition when an oil tanker spills oil into the sea
ozone layer
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the part of the Earth's atmosphere which protects us from the Sun
pay the price
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to deal with the consequences of an action
poison
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to make something dangerous by putting a lethal substance in it
pollute
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to make air, soil or water dirty
poor sanitation
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substandard sewage and other systems for dealing with human waste
put out
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to extinguish
reject
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to not accept something or agree to do something
ruin
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to destroy
spoil
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to damaged; to do harm
throw away
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to get rid of something
wreck
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to destroy
law-abiding
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following legal rules
malnourishment
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the state of being underfed
merchandise
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products for sale
struggle
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to experience difficulty with something
installation
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putting some equipment in position or into walking order
landfill
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a large deep hole where large amounts of rubbish are put
renewable
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generated by natural sources such as wind water and sunlight
irrigation system
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a means of automatically watering plants and crops
yield
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a harvest; the amount of something produced or grown

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