The Environment Flashcards

1
Q

Une catastrophe naturelle

A

an act of nature

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2
Q

La croûte terrestre

A

the earth’s crust

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3
Q

Une faille

A

a fault

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4
Q

Une secousse tellurique

A

an earth tremor

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5
Q

Un tremblement de terre

A

an earthquake

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6
Q

L’échelle de Richter

A

the Richter scale

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7
Q

Un volcan

A

a volcano

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8
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Un cratère

A

a crater

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9
Q

Une éruption

A

an eruption

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10
Q

La lave

A

lava

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11
Q

Une coulée de lave

A

a lava flow

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12
Q

Les scories

A

scoriae=cinders

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13
Q

L’érosion du sol

A

soil erosion

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14
Q

Un glissement de terrain

A

a landslide

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15
Q

Une coulée de boue

A

a mudslide

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16
Q

Une tempête de neige

A

a blizzard

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17
Q

Une avalanche

A

an avalanche

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18
Q

Une nappe fréatique

A

a water table

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19
Q

La sécheresse

A

drought

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20
Q

Un typhon

A

a typhoon

21
Q

Un cyclone

A

a cyclone

22
Q

Un ouragan

A

a hurricane

23
Q

Une tornade

A

a tornado

24
Q

Une inondation, une crue

A

a flood

25
Q

Un raz-de-marée

A

a tidal wave

26
Q

Un tsunami

A

ua tsunami

27
Q

Un incendie de forêt

A

a forest fire

28
Q

Sismique

A

seismic

29
Q

Volcanique

A

volcanic

30
Q

Entrer en éruption

A

to erupt

31
Q

To déborder

A

to overflow

32
Q

inonder

A

to flood

33
Q

la pollution

A

pollution

34
Q

Un produit polluant

A

a polluant

35
Q

Un pesticide

A

a pesticide

36
Q

Une décharge

A

a landfill= a dump

37
Q

Les retombées radioactives

A

radioactive fallout

38
Q

Les déchets nucléaires

A

nuclear waste

39
Q

Le gaz carbonique

A

carbone dioxide

40
Q

Des émanations

A

emissions

41
Q

Le gaz d’échappement

A

exhaust fumes

42
Q

Les pluies acides

A

acid rains

43
Q

Un nuage toxique

A

a poison cloud

44
Q

L’effet de serre

A

the greenhouse effect

45
Q

Le changement climatique

A

climate change

46
Q

Le réchauffement du climat

A

global warming

47
Q

La déforestation

A

deforestation

48
Q

La désertification

A

desertification