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Flashcards by Sergio Hernandez, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Sergio Hernandez
over 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| smoke (n) | a cloudy gray or black mixture of air and very small pieces of carbon produced by something that is burning |
| chemical (n) | any basic substance that is used in or produced by a reaction involving changes to atoms or molecules |
| pesticides (n) | a chemical substance used to kill harmful insects, small animals, wild plants, and other unwanted organisms |
| environment (n) | the air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and plants live |
| green house gases (n) | One of several gases, especially carbon dioxide, that prevent heat from the earth escaping into space, causing the greenhouse effect |
| harmful (adj) | (adjective) physical or other injury or damage |
| waste (n) | unwanted matter or material of any type, esp. what is left after use: |
| leaking | (of a liquid or gas) to escape from a hole or crack in a pipe or container, or (of a container) to allow liquid or gas to escape |
| oil spills | an accident in which oil has come out of a ship and caused pollution |
| smokestacks | a tall, vertical pipe through which smoke or steam leaves a building or engine |
| sonar | a device on a ship that uses sound to show the position of objects under the water |
| agreement | the condition of having the same opinion, or a decision or arrangement between two or more people or groups to do something or to obey the same rules |
| disease | a condition of a person, animal, or plant in which its body or structure is harmed because an organ or part is unable to work as it usually does; an illness |
| acidic | containing or having the chemical characteristics of an acid |
| immunity | protection against a particular disease or illness by particular substances in the blood |
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