The Environment Flashcards

(65 cards)

0
Q

Une politique qui respecte l’environnement

A

Environmentally- friendly, eco friendly

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
1
Q

Ecologique, lié a l’environnement

A

Environmental

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Proteger l’environnement

A

To protect, to preserve the environment

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

La protection de l’environnement

A

The preservation of the environment

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

La nature

A

Nature

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

La protection de la nature

A

Nature conservation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Lafaune et la flore

A

Wildlife

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Un defenseur de l’environnement

A

A conservationist

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Un ecologiste

A

An environmentalist, an ecologist

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Un militant ecologiste

A

A green activist

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Un ecolo

A

A tree hugger

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Un militant ecologiste

A

An eco warrior

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Sensibiliser l’opinion publique a un probleme

A

To make people aware of a problem

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Une campagne de sensibilisation

A

An awarenes-raising campaign

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Un parc naturel

A

A natural reserve, a national park

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Le tourisme ecologique

A

Eco tourism

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Detruire la biosphere

A

To destroy the biosphere

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Representer une menace pour qqc

A

To pose a threat to sthg

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Etre une menace pour qqc

A

To be a threat to sthg

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Mettre en danger qqc

A

To jeopardize sthg, endanger sthg

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Mettre qqc en danger

A

To put sthg at risk

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Etre en danger

A

To be at risk, in danger

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

Nuire a l’environnement

A

To harm the environment, do harm to the environment

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

Nuisible, nocif

A

Harmful

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Inoffensif, sans danger
Harmless
25
Degats
Damage
26
Endommager qqc, porter atteinte a qqc
To damage sthg
27
Causer des degats
To do damage, to cause damage
28
Se deteriorer ou deteriorer
To deteriorate
29
Les ressources naturelles
Natural ressources
30
L'epuisement des ressources
The depletion of ressources
31
La rarete
Scarcity
32
Les matieres premieres
Raw materials
33
La biodiversite
Biodiversity
34
L'habitat
Habitat
35
Une niche
A niche
36
Un secteur sauvegardé, une zone protégée
A conservation area
37
Un ecosysteme
An ecosystem
38
Une espece
A species
39
Une espece animale
An animal species
40
Une espece vegetale
A plant species
41
Un mammifere
A mammal
42
Le trafic d'animaux
Animal trafficking
43
Une espece en voie de disparition
An endangered species
44
Etre menacé d'extinction
To be threatened with extinction
45
Disparaitre
To become extinct
46
La surpeche
Overfishing
47
Le thon rouge
Bluefin tuna
48
Un dauphin, une baleine
A dolphin, a whale
49
La peche a la baleine
Whaling
50
La couche d'ozone
The ozone layer
51
Les rayons ultra violets
Ultra violet rays
52
Le trou dans la couche d'ozone
The hole in the ozone layer
53
La diminution de la couche d'ozone
Ozone depletion
54
Les cfc
CFCs
55
Respectueux de la couche d'ozone
Ozone friendly
56
Une foret tropicale
A rainforest, a tropical forest
57
Le developpement durable
Sustainable development
58
Abattre des arbres
To fell, cut down trees
59
Le deboisement, la deforestation
Deforestation
60
L'exploitation du bois
Logging
61
L'industrie du bois
The logging industry
62
La foret tropicale se reduit
The rainforest is shrinking
63
Reboiser
To reforest
64
Le reboisement
Reforestation