The Environment Flashcards

(48 cards)

1
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Une catastrophe naturelle

A

an act of nature

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2
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La croûte terrestre

A

the earth’s crust

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3
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Une faille

A

a fault

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4
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Une secousse tellurique

A

an earth tremor

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5
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Un tremblement de terre

A

an earthquake

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6
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L’échelle de Richter

A

the Richter scale

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7
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Un volcan

A

a volcano

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8
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Un cratère

A

a crater

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9
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Une éruption

A

an eruption

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10
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La lave

A

lava

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11
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Une coulée de lave

A

a lava flow

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12
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Les scories

A

scoriae=cinders

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13
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L’érosion du sol

A

soil erosion

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14
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Un glissement de terrain

A

a landslide

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15
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Une coulée de boue

A

a mudslide

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16
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Une tempête de neige

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a blizzard

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17
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Une avalanche

A

an avalanche

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18
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Une nappe fréatique

A

a water table

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19
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La sécheresse

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drought

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20
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Un typhon

21
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Un cyclone

22
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Un ouragan

23
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Une tornade

24
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Une inondation, une crue

25
Un raz-de-marée
a tidal wave
26
Un tsunami
ua tsunami
27
Un incendie de forêt
a forest fire
28
Sismique
seismic
29
Volcanique
volcanic
30
Entrer en éruption
to erupt
31
To déborder
to overflow
32
inonder
to flood
33
la pollution
pollution
34
Un produit polluant
a polluant
35
Un pesticide
a pesticide
36
Une décharge
a landfill= a dump
37
Les retombées radioactives
radioactive fallout
38
Les déchets nucléaires
nuclear waste
39
Le gaz carbonique
carbone dioxide
40
Des émanations
emissions
41
Le gaz d'échappement
exhaust fumes
42
Les pluies acides
acid rains
43
Un nuage toxique
a poison cloud
44
L'effet de serre
the greenhouse effect
45
Le changement climatique
climate change
46
Le réchauffement du climat
global warming
47
La déforestation
deforestation
48
La désertification
desertification