The Environment

Overview: The Environment

el ambiente (any) environment
el medio ambiente the environment
el aire air
contaminar to pollute, contaminate
la contaminación pollution, contamination
puro pure
purificar to purify
la tierra earth
la capa de ozono the ozone layer
la energía energy
la energía renovable renewable energy
la energía solar solar power
la energía eólica wind power
la energía hidroeléctrica hydroelectric power
reciclar to recycle
el reciclaje recycling
el abono compost
usar el abono to compost
el uso use
la población population
conservar to conserve
la conservación conservation
desperdiciar to waste
el desperdicio waste
desarrollar to develop
el desarrollo development
preservar to preserve
la preservación preservación
destruir [+Y ->destruyo] to destroy
la destrucción destruction
proteger [irreg. yo -> protejo] to protect
la protección protection
reducir [irreg. yo -> reduzco] to reduce
la reducción reduction
aumentar to increase
el aumento increase

Tutorial: The Environment

Flashcards: The Environment

Instructions
1. Click anywhere on the card to see the answer.
2. If you know the answer, click “Got it!”. The word won´t come back.
3. If you don´t know the answer, click “Need more practice”. The word will come back.

[qdeck]
[q] (any) environment
[a]el ambiente
[q]the environment
[a]el medio ambiente
[q]air
[a]el aire
[q]to pollute, contaminate
[a]contaminar
[q]pollution, contamination
[a]la contaminación
[q]pure
[a]puro
[q]to purify
[a]purificar
[q]earth
[a]la tierra
[q]the ozone layer
[a]la capa de ozono
[q]energy
[a]la energía
[q]renewable energy
[a]la energía renovable
[q]solar power
[a]la energía solar
[q]wind power
[a]la energía eólica
[q]hydroelectric power
[a]la energía hidroeléctrica
[q]to recycle
[a]reciclar
[q]recycling
[a]el reciclaje
[q]compost
[a]el abono
[q]to compost
[a]usar el abono
[q]use
[a]el uso
[q]population
[a]la población
[q]to conserve
[a]conservar
[q]conservation
[a]la conservación
[q]to waste
[a]desperdiciar
[q]waste
[a]el desperdicio
[q]to develop
[a]desarrollar
[q]development
[a]el desarrollo
[q]to preserve
[a]preservar
[q]preservation
[a]la preservación
[q]to destroy
[a]destruir
[q]destruction
[a]la destrucción
[q]to protect
[a]proteger
[q]protection
[a]la protección
[q]to reduce
[a]reducir
[q]reduction
[a]la reducción
[q]to increase
[a]aumentar
[q]increase
[a]el aumento
[/qdeck]

Practice Quiz: The Environment

The Environment

Translate the words to Spanish. Use a definite article (e.g. el, la) for all nouns.