INDEX
ABC Acid rain 22, 23, 48, 49, 52 Aeroplanes 4, 18, 29 Carbon dioxide 4, 6, 8, 9,
10, 14 Carbon footprint 4, 46 Cars 3, 4, 6, 13, 14, 18, 20,
37, 49 CFC (chlorofluorocarbon)
gases 5 Cities 14, 17, 18, 20, 24, 25,
29, 39, 43, 48 Climate change 4, 49 Composting 4, 27 Crops 11, 27, 39, 40, 41, 42
DEF Eco-friendly 35, 41, 47 Ecosystem 35
Electric cars 13 Farming 41 Farmland 14 Fertilizers 34 Food 4, 14, 27, 32, 47, 53 Forests 4, 11, 23, 37, 47 Fossil fuels 4, 6, 23, 27, 34
GHI Gadgets 31 Global warming 6, 49, 52 Greenhouse gases 4, 6, 14,
27, 44, 52 Industrial Revolution 48
JKL Landfill 4, 27, 29, 49 Light bulbs 17 Litter 4, 32
MNOP Methane 4, 6, 27, 29 Montreal Protocol 5 Nuclear waste 4, 45 Ocean 8, 32, 37 Oil 4, 24, 25, 36, 37, 49, 53 Organic 4, 47 Oxygen 10, 34, 35 Ozone layer 5 Pesticides 4, 40, 42, 43, 49 Plastic 3, 4, 29, 32, 37,
52, 53 Pollution 3, 4, 13, 20, 52, 53 Public Transport 14, 20
QRS Recycling 4, 10, 29, 31, 32 Renewable energy 6, 20, 37,
45, 47
Second hand 4, 29 Sewer 24, 25, 49 Single-use 29, 32 Smog 48 Solar power 6, 45 Sonar 18 Stars 16, 17 Sun 5, 20, 39 Sustainable 4, 14, 41, 52
TUV Toxic 20, 29, 31, 41, 44 Urbanization 48
WXYZ Wind power 6, 45 Zero waste 29
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