Vocabulary
Environmental impacts
Energy Ecosystems
100

Energy from the earth's hot interior heats water beneath the surface.

geothermal energy

100

Effects on the environment

impacts

100

True or False: Disturbing land can pollute streams and rivers.

True

200

Using energy of moving water.

hydropower

200

The release of substances into the environment

emissions

200

Roads can break up ____ ____.

habitat areas

300

Able to be had

available

300

harmful substance

pollutant

300

________ can cause a loss of habitat for plants and animals.

Mining

400

Energy from the sun

solar energy

400

Gases from a plant pass through a substance that reduces the amount of pollutants that get into the air.

scrubber

400

True or False: Building dams NEVER damages stream habitats.

False

500

Plants using energy from sunlight to grow.

Biomass Energy

500

A pollutant that increases the atmosphere's ability to hold heat.

greenhouse gas

500

Fossil fuel __________ can pollute the atmosphere.

combustion

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