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chapter 9 vocab spanish

  1. la amenaza
    threat
  2. debido
    a due to
  3. la electricidad
    electricity
  4. en cuanto
    as soon as
  5. la escasez
    shortage
  6. estar a cargo de
    to be in charge of
  7. el gobierno
    government
  8. grave
    serious
  9. tan pronto como
    as soon as
  10. la contaminaci�n
    pollution
  11. contaminado, -a
    polluted
  12. el desperdicio
    waste
  13. la f�brica
    factory
  14. el pesticida
    pesticide
  15. el petr�leo
    oil
  16. la pila
    battery
  17. qu�mico, -a
    chemical
  18. el recipiente
    container
  19. el veneno
    poison
  20. econ�mico, -a
    economical
  21. la protecci�n
    protection
  22. el recurso natural
    natural resource
  23. suficiente
    enough
  24. agotar(se)
    to exhaust, to run out
  25. amenazar
    to threaten
  26. castigar
    to punish
  27. colocar
    to put, to place
  28. conservar
    to preserve
  29. crecer
    to grow
  30. da�ar
    to damage
  31. depender de
    to depend on
  32. deshacerse de
    to get rid of
  33. desperdiciar
    to waste
  34. echar
    to throw (away)
  35. fomentar
    to encourage
  36. limitar
    to limit
  37. promover (ue)
    to promote
  38. las medidas
    steps, measures
  39. econ�micos, -as
    economical
  40. ambiental
    environmental
  41. en vez de
    instead of
  42. el aerosol
    aerosol
  43. el derrame de petroleo
    oil spill
  44. afectar
    to affect
  45. atrapar
    to catch, to trap
  46. derretir
    to melt
  47. detener
    to stop
  48. disminuir
    to decrease, to diminish
  49. explotar
    to exploit, to overwork
  50. producir
    to produce
  51. la caza
    hunting
  52. (en) peligro de extinci�n
    (in) danger of extinction, endangered
  53. la piel
    skin
  54. la pluma
    feather
  55. salvaje
    wild
  56. el agujero
    hole
  57. la amenaza
    threat
  58. a menos que
    unless
  59. con tal que
    provided that, as long as
  60. excesivo, -a
    excessive
  61. la falta
    lack
  62. la limpieza
    cleaning
  63. tomar conciencia de
    to become aware of
  64. tomar medidas
    to take steps (to)
  65. la atm�sfera
    atmosphere
  66. la capa de ozono
    ozone layer
  67. el clima
    weather
  68. el efecto invernadero
    greenhouse effect
  69. el hielo
    ice
  70. la preservaci�n
    conservation
  71. el recalentamiento global
    global warming
  72. el rescate
    rescue
  73. la reserva natural
    nature preserve
  74. la selva tropical
    tropical forest
  75. la tierra
    land
  76. el ave
    bird
  77. el �guila calva
    bald eagle
  78. pl. las �guilas calvas
    bald eagles
  79. la ballena
    whale
  80. la especie
    species
  81. la foca
    seal
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