Carbon Footprint Vocabulary Worksheet

Something that a country has and can use to increase its wealth.
The presence of toxic chemicals or compounds (including those of biological origin) in the air, at levels that pose a health risk.
Materials from nature used to make our lives easier and for economic gain.
The ability to be used without being completely used up or destroyed.
A fog made heavier and darker by smoke and chemical fumes.
Any of the atmospheric gases that contribute to the green house effect.
The process of making something dirty, polluted, or poisonous by adding a chemical, waste, or infection.
The amount of greenhouse gases, specifically carbon dioxide emitted by something such as a persons activities, or a products manufacture ad transport during a given period.
Biological diversity in and environment as indicated by numbers of different species of plants and animals.
The cutting down of trees in a large area, or the destruction of forest by people.
A colorless, odorless and non-poisonous gas formed by combustion of carbon and in the respiration of living organism and considered a greenhouse gas.
Any of the diseases and disorders of the airways and the lungs that affect human respiration.