Environment Vocabulary

 Biodiversity: Enormous variety of life on earth

Synonym: Species Diversity, Eco-diversity, Genetic diversity
Example: The Amazon rainforest has a high level of biodiversity with many species of
mamals, reptiles, and insects
 Erosion: The process of eroding or being eroded by wind wind or water
Synonym: Corrosion, Weathering, Decomposition
Ex: Expert believe that poor farming methods have contributed to increase soil
erosion
 Eco-Friendly: Earth friendly or not harmful to the environment
Synonym: Environment Friendly, Viable, Green
Ex: Wood can be used more in construction, as an eco-friendly and healthy material.
 Conservation: careful preservation and protection of something
Synonym: Preservation, Protection, Maintenance
Ex: In many parts of the world, water conservation is essential during the summer
months
 Deforestation: The cutting down of trees in a large are
Synonym: Longing, Uncovering, desertification
Ex: Our land is severely eroded as a result of widespread deforestation and intensive
farming
 Contamination: The process of making something dirty or poisonous
Synonym: Adulteration, Poisoning, pollution
Ex: Now we have been experiencing a hight level of environment contamination all
over the world
 Global warming: A gradual increase in the earth’s temperature: The burning of
significant amount of fossil fuels s major contributing factor to global warming.
Synonym: Global Heating, Climate change, climate crisis
 Flora: All the plant life present in a particular region
Synonym; Vegetation, Foliage, Plant life
 Fauna: All of the animal life presents a particular region
Synonym: Animals, Creatures, Wild animals
 Ex: A considerable number of species of both flora and fauna have gone extinct over
the past centuries
 Adaptation: Adjustment to environmental condition
Synonym: Modification, change, acclimatization
Ex: The process of adaptation to a new environment is difficult for some animal
species.
 Mitigation: Reducing the force or intensity of something
Synonym: Alleviation, Relief, Lessening
Ex: The environment problem is complex, and its mitigation will require extensive
measures
 Topography: A detailed map of the surface features of land
Synonym: Landscape, geography, terrain
Ex: The lates aerial cameras are capable of capturing the Earth’s topography from
space
 Inhospitable: Place are not easy or comfortable to live in
Synonym: Adverse, unfavourable, miserable
Ex: The inhospitable condition led to the extinction of earth’s species, including the
dinosaurs.
 Extinction: A situation in which something no longer exists
Synonym: Obliteration, destruction extermination
Ex: Animal extinction is caused by many factors including the destruction of habitats
 Consumerism: The act that promotes the acquisition of goods
Synonym: Materialism, Avarice, capitalism
Ex: The world is based on consumerism, the economic relies on the hustle and bustle
of sales
 Emission: Something that has been emitted or released
Synonym: Discharger, ejection, exhausts
Example: The emissions from cars are responsible for a substantial amount of air
pollution on earth
 Renewable Energy: Energy comes from natural sources, or process
Synonym: Solar energy, wind energy, hydropower
 Ex: Renewable energy is energy produced by wind, sun, and other sources that will
never run out
 Vulnerable: Capable of being physically or emotionally attacked
Synonym: Susceptible, Unprotected, At risk
Ex: People from coastal areas are particularly vulnerable to natural calamities and
tragedies
 Sustainability: The ability to be maintained at a certain rate
Synonym: Survivability, Durability, tolerability
Ex: Wind turbines have a hight level of sustainability because the wind is an endless
resource
 Conservation: The act of protecting Earth’s natural resources
Synonym: Preservation, Maintenance, saving
Example: Collecting rainwater is an important part of water conservation for many
communities
 Recycling: Process of converting waste into reusable material
Synonym: Reutilizing, Reprocessing, Regenerating
Ex: Recycling help control environmental pollution by reducing the need for waste
dumps
 Poaching: The illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals
Synonym: Hunting, Killing Illegally, Intruding
Ex: Animal conservation think poaching poses a huge threat to the survival of
endangered animals
 Ecology : The relationship of living thing to their environment
Synonym: Biosphere, Ecosphere, Natural world
Ex: Technology is playing an increasingly vital role in conservation and ecology
research
 Hazard: An unavoidable danger, or risk
Synonym: Jeopardy, Endangerment, peril
Growing levels of pollution represent a serious health hazard to the local community.
 Fossil fuel: Fossil fuels are fuels formed by natural processes
Synonym: Gasoline, Crude oil, natural gas.
 Organic: Being or coming from living plants and animals
 Synonym: Biological, natural, chemical-free
Ex: Eating Organic food reduce one’s chance of developing certain types of cancer
 Logging: An act of cutting down trees on a large scale
Synonym: Deforestation, chopping, cutting down trees
Ex: People are cutting down thousand of acres of rainforest through illegal logging.