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Exploring the Environment Flashcards

Natural Disasters, Environment, etc. (100 cards)

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Hurcanes

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Meteorológico; el Oceano Atlantico y el Mar Caribe.

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Ciclones

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Meteorológico; El Oceano Indico y el Mar Arabico.

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Tifónes

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Meteorológico; El Pacifico Central.

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Tormentas tropicales

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Tropical storm

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Inundaciones

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Meteorológico; Acumulacion de lluvia o agua en un lugar concreto

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Tornado

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Meteorológico; en las Grandes Planicies

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Sequía

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Meteorológico;
1. Falta (lack) de lluvia. No hay mucha agua.
2. Muy seca (very dry).
3. Afecta a lugares que dependen de la agricultura.
4. Puede producir hambruna (famine).

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Granizadas

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Meteorológico;

  1. Pedazos de hielo.
  2. Afecta a granjas (farms), campos de cultivos (crop fields) y equipos sensibles (sensitive equipment.)
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Avalanchas

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Topográficos; Deslizamiento (slide) de nieve

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Deslizamientos de tierra

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Topográficos; Arrastra (drag) tierra, rocas, arboles, y fragmentos de casas.

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Terremotos/sismos

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Telúricos;

Movimients impredecibles de la tierra;
1. Temblores de tierra: Pequenos movimientos de la tierra
2. Replicas: terremotos despues de un sismo grande.

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Tsunami o maremotos

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Telúricos;

  1. Ola gigante de agua
  2. Ocurre despues de un terremoto submarino o derrumbamiento (sinonimo de deslizamiento de tierra)
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Erupciones Volcanicas

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Telúricos;
Hay/salven lava, rocas, humo, y cenizas (ashes)

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La guerra

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Antrópico; Conflicto socio politico entre 2 o mas grupos humanos

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Hambrunas

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Antrópico;
Ocurre cuando un pais no tiene alimentos para alimentar a poblacion.

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Explosiones

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Antrópico; Fanatismo - pasion hacio una politica o religion

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Incendios forestales

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Antrópico; Negligencia, relámpago (lightning), o intencional

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Accidentes

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Antrópico; Descuidos del ser humano

  1. Aereos
  2. Ferroviarios - train
  3. Naufragios - ship
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Contaminación, 3 types

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Antrópico; pollution
1. Ambiental
2. Hidrica - del agua
3. Sonica - mucho ruido; contaminación sónica en los océanos afecta a ballenas y delfines (whales and dolphins)

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Deforestacion

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Antrópico

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Altamente

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Highly, extremely

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Damnificado/-a

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Damaged, affected, hurt

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Desaparecido/-a

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Disappeared

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Lluvias

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Rains

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Riesgo
Risk
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Perdidas
Losses
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Escombros
Debris/rubble
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Es
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el bosque
forest; el bosque lluvioso/tropical = rainforest
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el desierto
desert
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la naturaleza
nature
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la jungla
jungle, La selva
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la tierra
land; soil
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el cielo
sky
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la estrella
star
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la luna
moon
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el calentamiento global
global warming
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el cambio climático
climate change
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la conservación
conservation
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la deforestación
deforestation
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la ecología
ecology
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el/la ecologista
ecologist
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el ecoturismo
ecotourism
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la energía
energy; energía nuclear y solar
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la extinción
extinction
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la fábrica
factory
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el medio ambiente
environment
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el peligro
danger
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el recurso natural
natural resource
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la solución
solution
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el gobierno
government
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la ley
law
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la (sobre)poblacion
(over)population
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ecologista
ecological
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puro/a
pure
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renovable
renewable
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la flor
flower
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la hierba
grass
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la vaca
cow
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el árbol
the tree
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el pez/los peces
fish
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el volcán
volcano
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el ave
bird, el pájaro
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el cráter
crater
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el sol
sun
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la nube
cloud
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el valle
valley
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el sendero
path/trail
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el lago
lake
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la piedra
stone
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el arrecife
reef
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el campo
countryside; field
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la cordillera
mountain range
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la costa
coast
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el desierto
desert
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el mar
sea
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la montaña
mountain
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el paisaje
landscape; scenery
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húmedo/a
humid; damp
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seco/a
dry
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a orillas de
on the shore of
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al aire libre
outdoors
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el cerdo
pig
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el conejo
rabbit
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el león
lion
85
el mono
monkey
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la oveja
sheep
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la rana
frog
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la serpiente
snake
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el tigre
tiget
90
atrapar
to trap; to catch
91
cazar
to hunt
92
dar de comer
to feed
93
extinguirse
to become extinct
94
morder (o:ue)
to bite
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en peligro de extinción
endangered
96
salvaje
wild
97
venenoso/a
poisonous
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el relámpago
lightning
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el trueño
thunder

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