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Englisch 12 TGI (Subject) / Topic 2: Save the planet! Save ourselves! (Lesson)
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- to absorb to take in aufnehmen
- acid rain rain that contains chemicals from factory smoke etc. saurer Regen
- biodegradable able to break down naturally biologisch abbaubar
- biofeul feul made from plants Biotreibstoff
- carbon dioxide CO2 Kohlendioxid
- climate change change in long-term weather patterns Klimawandel
- coastal next to the sea an der Küste, Küsten-
- to conserve to keep, to retain konservieren, schonen
- to contaminate to make unclean verunreinigen
- to damage to harm beschädigen, schaden
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- to decompose to break down, to rot sich zersetzen, verrotten
- deforestation cutting down of forests Entwaldung
- dependence V to depend (on) Abhängigkeit
- deplention opposite : renewal Abbau
- desertification turning land into desert Wüstenbildung
- to destroy N destruction zerstören
- disaster catastrophe Katastrophe
- disposal getting rid of sth Beseitigung
- drought lack of rain Dürre
- economic N economy wirtschaftlich
- ecosystem system of living things Ökosystem
- exhaust waste gas Abgase
- extinction dying out(of a species) Aussterben
- flooding when water covers land that is usually dry Überschwemmung
- fossil feul feul such as oil, coal, gas fossiler Brennstoff
- to generate to make, to create erzeugen
- glacier large mass of ice Gletscher
- greenhuse gas gas responsible for warming the Earth Treibhausgas
- ground water water below the ground Grundwasser
- habitat home of an animal Lebensraum
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- incineration burning Verbrennung
- landfill place where rubbish is buried Mülldeponie
- to melt to become liquid schmelzen, auftauen
- nuclear power atomic energy Atomkraft
- oppurtunity chance(to do sth) Gelegenheit
- poisonous harmful to life girftig
- pollutant sth which pollutes Umweltschadstoff
- pollution V to pollute Umweltverschmutzung
- to protect to keep sth/sb safe schützen
- rainforest forest that has a lot of rain Regenwald
- to release to set free freilassen, freisetzen
- renewable able to grow again, not be used up erneuerbar
- rubbish waste Abfälle, Müll
- sea level how far the sea rises up the land Meeresspiegel
- soil earth, ground Erde, Erdboden
- source where sth comes from Quelle
- sustainable able to continue into the future tragfähig, nachhaltig
- to threaten to endanger gefährden, bedrohen
- toxic harmful to life giftig
- to capture to catch ergreifen; einfangen