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18. The Environment

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Chapter: 18. The Environment

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Environment: Our surroundings, including us, and everything that provides us with oxygen, water, food, heat, light, and energy.

Pollution: When harmful materials make the environment dirty.

Air Pollution: Happens when smoke and poisonous gases are released into the air, making it dirty and unfit for breathing.

Pollutants: Things that pollute the air.

Water Pollution: Occurs when waste from factories and homes is released into water bodies like seas, oceans, and ponds, making the water unfit for drinking.

Oil Spill: When oil accidentally leaks into the oceans, making the water unfit for sea animals and plants.

Land Pollution: Occurs when the land that we live on becomes dirty with garbage and litter, also making it unfit for farming.

Noise Pollution: Caused by loud unwanted noise that is unpleasant, generally from loud music, machines, and vehicle honking.

Conservation: Taking care of the Earth, including its air, water, animal and plant life, as well as humans.

Reduce: To use less of something.

Reuse: To use something over and over again.

Recycle: To make new items out of used or waste materials.

Chipko Movement: A non-violent movement from 1970 in Uttarakhand where villagers protected forests by embracing trees to prevent them from being cut.

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