Geography Vocab 🌍

Acidification

The process of the ocean becoming more acidic.

Agriculture

Farming crops and livestock for food and non- food products.

Biodiversity

Variety and variability of life on Earth

Biome

A large naturally occurring ecosystem.

Conservation

The prevention of wasteful use of a resource.

Coral Bleaching

Where corals become white due to stressors such as change in temperature.

Enhanced Greenhouse Effect

The process that occurs when gases in Earth’s atmosphere trap the sun’s heat.

Extinct

Where a species has no living members.

Fairtrade

A trade arrangement where producers are paid a fair price for their produce

Fast Fashion

Inexpensive clothing produced rapidly by mass-market retailers.

Global Warming

The long-term warming of the Earth’s overall temperature.

Gyre

A large system of rotating ocean currents.

Interdependence

The dependence of two or more things on eachother.

Livestock

Farm animals regarded as assets

Marine Debris

Human created waste that has accidentally or deliberately been released into the ocean.

Microplastics

Extremely small pieces of plastic debris in the environment.

Ocean Currents

Continuous and predictable movements of seawater driven by gravity and wind

Overfishing

Depleting stocks of fish in a body of water by excessive fishing.

Pollution

The introduction of harmful substances into the natural environment.

Unsustainable

Using a resource faster than it can be naturally be replaced