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Chapter 5
Ch 5
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Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 2
10/17/2010
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Term
la cordillera
 Definition
mountain range
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la costa
 Definition
coast
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el paisaje
 Definition
landscape
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el aire libre
 Definition
outdoors
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escaso
 Definition
scant, scarce
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potable
 Definition
drinkable
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protegido
 Definition
protected
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puro
 Definition
pure, clean
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el águila
 Definition
eagle
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el ave
 Definition
bird
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la ballena
 Definition
whale
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la especie en peligro
 Definition
endangered species
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la foca
 Definition
seal
Term
el lagarto
 Definition
lizard
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el lobo
 Definition
wolf
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el calentamiento
 Definition
warming
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la erosión
 Definition
erosion
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el incendio
 Definition
fire
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la inundación
 Definition
flood
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la sequia
 Definition
drought
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el terremoto
 Definition
earthquake
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la basura
 Definition
trash
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la capa de ozono
 Definition
ozone layer
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el combustible
 Definition
fuel
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el consumo de energia
 Definition
energy consumption
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la contaminación
 Definition
pollution
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la deforestación
 Definition
deforestation
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el desarrollo
 Definition
development
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la energia (eolica, nuclear, renovable, solar)
 Definition
(wind, nuclear, renovable, solar) energy
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la fuente
 Definition
source
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el medio ambiente
 Definition
environment
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el peligro
 Definition
danger
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el petroleo
 Definition
oil
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el porvenir
 Definition
future
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los recursos
 Definition
resources
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agotar
 Definition
to use up
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aguantar
 Definition
to put up with, to tolerate
Term
amenazar
 Definition
to threaten
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cazar
 Definition
to hunt
Term
contagiar
 Definition
to infect
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contaminar
 Definition
to pullute
Term
desaparacer
 Definition
to disappear
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destruir
 Definition
to destroy
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echar
 Definition
to throw away
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empeorar
 Definition
to get worse
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extinguirse
 Definition
to become extinct
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malgastar
 Definition
to waste
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mejorar
 Definition
to improve
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prevenir
 Definition
to prevent
Term
proteger
 Definition
to protect
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resolver
 Definition
to resolve
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respirar
 Definition
to breathe
Term
urbanizar
 Definition
to urbanize
Term
dañino
 Definition
harmful
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desechable
 Definition
disposable
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hibrido
 Definition
hybrid
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renovable
 Definition
renewable
Term
tóxico
 Definition
toxic
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