Reducing Your

Carbon Footprint

Unit 8 Vocabulary

greenhouse gas

greenhouse gas
noun
a gas,
especially
CO2 or CH4
that traps heat
above the
earth and
causes global
warming

resource

resource
noun
a supply of
something
useful such
as land, oil,
or coal

transport

transport
verb
to take
goods or
people from
one place to
another in a
vehicle

generation

generation
noun
all people
of about the
same age

collectively

collectively
adverb
as a group

consumption

consumption
noun
the use of
energy, oil,
or
electricity

a drop in the
bucket

a drop in the
bucket
noun
an action
that has
little or no
effect

solar panel

solar panel
noun
equipment
that makes
energy
from the
sun

(raised) bed

(raised) bed
noun
an area in
a garden
that is used
to grow
plants

dense

dense
adjective
made of a lot
of things that
are very close
together