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Vocabulary for Water Pollution

Published on Dec 03, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Vocabulary

Water Pollution
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Contaminate

To add harmful things to somethings
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Hydrocarbon

A gas that is combined with hydrogen and carbon.

Bisphenol A

 a chemical used to harden plastic; scientists don’t yet know the effects on humans.
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Polluant

Something that causes pollution.
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Disposable

An Item that is used once then will be thrown away. 
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Decompose

to break down by bacteria.
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Biodegradable

able to be decomposed by bacteria and other living organisms.
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Ban

to make illegal

banned

illegal
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Sustainable

to use an amount that doesn’t harm the ecosystem

Biodiversity

many different organisms in an ecosystem.
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Toxin

A chemical that comes factories and some animals.

Ingest

To swallow something into your body
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Consume

to eat or drink

Incinerate

To burn up complete.
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Landfills

where trash is buried 

Fragments

Scattered pieces of destroyed or wrecked things.
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Subtance

A particular kind of material.

Decay

rot or another word for decompose.
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Urban

A city environment.
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Environment

the natural world.
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Fossil Fuels

oil, coal, natural gas
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