jueves, 12 de febrero de 2009

vocabulary list

1. swamps


swamps are increasing around the earth due to the temperature is raising.


2. bogs


the plant material in bogs are being destroyed cause gobal warming.


3. curb


scientists are trying to curb the greenhouse effect.


4. woes


climate change is causing a lot of woes in our planet.


5. shimmer


the shimmer glaciers reflect the sunlight into the universe.


6. nothingness


parts of the earth,s heat is sent to the nothingness of the space.


7. hovering


the new reserch may explain the large plumes hovering over tropical that satellites have spotted.


8. scope


the scope of production from oxygen- using live plants could be far higher and have more dramatic results for the planet.


9. boost


the goverment must boost a better environmental education for young people.


10. ice cores


scientists are using ice cores to measure how much ice has melted.


11. sunlight


the sunlight has become in a dangerous thing for humans.


12. the greenhouse effect


CO2 is one of the gases that causes thegreenhouse effect


13. global warming


global warming is the main effect on the earth of the greenhouse effect.


14. chloroflourocarbons


the cfc,s are guilty of causing the heat stay trapped in the earth.


15. carbon dioxide


ice cores have shown changes in gases levels like carbon dioxide.


16. parts per million [ppm]


ppm is a unit of measurement used for a very low concentrations of gases.


17. atmosphere


the atmosphere is the layer which protects the earth of dangerous sunrays.


18. temperature


the temperature of the earth has increased due to the global warming.


19. solar radiation


solar radiation is very dangerous for humans skin causing several skin diseases.


20. chill


if it weren,t for the greenhiuse effect the earth would be a chill place.


21. ozone layer


the ozone layer is a very important defense for us.


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