LESSON 3

• It is the introduction of harmful or poisonous materials into the environment.

  Pollution
• This term refers to the harmful or poisonous materials

  Pollutants
• Refers to pollutants being released in the air

  Air pollution
• Refers to pollutants which contaminate bodies of water, such as rivers, brooks, lakes, and seas.

  Water pollution
• It refers to excessive noise in the environment.

  Noise pollution
• It refers to the accumulation of solid and liquid waste that contaminates both the soil and groundwater.

  Land pollution
• It is a mining activity- which is designed to extract minerals from the ground- that is undertaken without the permission of the authorities of a state.

  Illegal mining
• It is a method of fishing where cyanide, a poison, is used to kill marine animals, such as fish, which are then harvested.

  Cyanide fishing
• It is a method of fishing where dynamite is thrown into the water, killing any fish nearby.

  Dynamite fishing
• It refers to the decrease of areas which would naturally be forested, with those areas being used for such activities as agriculture, mining, or urban development.

  Deforestation
• It refers to the destruction and possible mass death of the coral reefs, which shelter marine life.

  Coral reef degradation