Words

• adapt = to get used to a new situation
• agreement =when two or more people, groups , companies or countries promise to do something
• average =normal, usual
• carbon dioxide = the gas that is produced when animals breathe out or when carbon is burned in the air
• carpool = a group of people who travel to work together in one car
• discovery = if you find out something that nobody knew about before
• disease = illness
• drought = a long period of dry weather when there is not enough water for plants and animals to live
• electricity =the power that is in wires and cables. It is used to give us light, heat and make machines run.
• emission = gas that is sent into the air
• flood = when it rains a lot and water covers land that is normally dry
• fossil fuel = a form of energy like coal and oil that was produced millions of years ago from dead plants and animals
• glacier = a large mass of ice that moves slowly down a mountain valley
• heat =warmth; when something is hot
• hybrid = here: a car that runs with two forms of energy
• ice cap = thick ice that always covers the North and South Poles
• item =thing, object
• melt = to become liquid
• petrol =the liquid that you get out of petroleum; it is used to make cars run
• reduce = to lower, if something goes down
• sea level =the average height of the sea; from here mountains, cities and other natural places are measured
• sign = to put your name on a document
• surface =the top layer of something
• task = job; something to do
• trap = to keep in and not let out
• wave = a line of water that moves across the surface of the sea