Glosario colaborativo sobre el medio ambiente realizado por 5º8º de la Escuela Normal Nº4 "Estanislao Severo Zeballos".

1. Collaborative Glossary
2015
5º8º - ENS Nº4

2. Collaborative Glossary 2015
• Renewable Resources:It is a natural resource that can be restoredby natural
processes at a rate higher than the consumption by humans.
• Cristian Bacher.

3. • Floods: is the occupation by water areas that are usually free from this, either
by overflowing rivers, watercourses by heavy rainfall, snowmelt, by rising tides
above the usual level, avalanches caused by tsunamis.
• Cristian Bacher.

4. Collaborative glossary 2015
• Volcanoes:Mount with a crater at its summit, which
is connected to a magma chamber.
• Sea: Mass of salt water covering much of the earth´s surface.
Ayelén wassouf. :)

5. Collaborative Glossary 2015
• Oil: One of the world's most
important chemical substance and
is crucial to transport systems.
Rocío Di Baja

6. • Glaciers: Huge mass of dense ice
that originates on land. They have
the ability to move and some
glaciers are small, while others grow
to be hundreds of kilometers long.
Rocío Di Baja

7. Collaborative glossary 2015.
• Coral reef: are diverse underwater
ecosystems held together by calcium
carbonate structures secreted by
corals. Coral reefs are built by
colonies of tiny animalss found in
marine waters that contain few
nutrients. Often are called "rainforests
of the sea" shallow coral reefs form
some of the most diverse ecosystems
on Earth.

8. Collaborative glossary 2015.
• Rainforests: are forests
characterized by high rainfall, with
annual rainfall between 250 and 450
centimetres.
There are two types of rainforest:
tropical rainforest and temperate
rainforest.
Agustina Silvestri

9. Collaborative Glossary 2015
• Deforestation: Is a process usually caused by human
action in which the forest area is destroyed. Mainly due
to logging well as land for agriculture and livestock
• Camila Vicente..

10. Collaborative Glossary 2015
• Greenhouse: Temperature Rise atmosphere That
will occur as a result of the concentration in the
atmosphere of gases, mainly carbon dioxide .
• Camila Vicente...

11. Collaborative Glossary 2015
• Climate Change: It is climate
modification which are caused by rising
global temperatures and the society that
creates new technology every day. This is
the most important environmental
problem facing humanity
• Evelyn Castellòn

12. Collaborative Glossary 2015
• Pollution: It is the presence of any
chemical, physical or biological agent or a
combination of several drugs, on places,
ways and ambient concentrations. Or can
be not harmful to the health, safety or
welfare of the population, or harmful to
animal or plant life