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Α is for Air Pollution

Αir pollution occurs when gases, dust particles, or smoke are introduced  into the atmosphere in a way that makes it harmful to humans, animals and plants. Τhis is because the air becomes dirty or unclean.

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B is for Biodegradable

Some things we throw away, like banana peels and egg shells, can become food for plants and animals over time. But other things we throw away, like bottles and juice boxes, cannot. The things that can be absorbed by our soil are all biodegradable.

Cc

C is for Climate change

Climate is the average weather in a place over many years. While the weather can change in just a few hours, climate takes hundreds, thousands, even millions of years to change. The average climate around the world is called global climate.

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D is for deforestation

Deforestation is when humans remove or clear large areas of forest lands and related ecosystems for non-forest use. Trees help us breathe by producing oxygen, so without trees there would be less oxygen! Cutting down trees also forces many animals to leave their homes.

E is for Environment

Your environment is where you live. Your house, your school, your city, country: all of these are a part of your environment. In fact, the whole world is your environment. We can help protect the environment by not polluting and picking up litter. 

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F f

F is for Farms

Farms provide important habitats for many plants and animals. Sometimes farming can harm the homes of many animals and damage the environment. Farmers must grow their food in a way that does not hurt people or animals.

G g

G is for global warming

Global warming means that the Earth's climate is getting hotter very fast. One reason it is getting hotter is because of pollution. Global warming has made it hard for animals in the Arctic to live because it melts the ice.

H h

H is for habitat

A habitat is a place where an animal lives. It provides the animal with food, water and shelter. There are many different sorts of habitats around the world from forests around the world and mountain slopes to deserts. Sadly, people destroy many habitats around the world.

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I is for ice

Many years ago, much of the Earth was covered in ice. Nowadays, the only ice sheets on Earth are found in Antarctica and Greenland. Global warming is making waters warmer, which is causing the ice sheets to melt fast. This is harmful to wildlife in these places, like polar bears that use ice to stand on and hunt.

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J is for jaguars

Jaguars live in rainforests, swamps, grasslands, forests and deserts. Most have orange brown fur with black spots but some are all black. Hunting and  farming left less food and habitat for jaguars, and today they are endangered.

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K is for koalas

Koalas look like bears, but they are not! Koalas are marsupials. They carry their babies in pouches when they are young, like kangaroos. Koalas live in Australia. They are not endangered today but people destroy the eucalyptus trees they like to eat. This makes it very hard for them to survive.

L l

L is for litter

Litter is trash that people do not put in bins. Sometimes people throw trash on the side of the road or in lake instead of in a trash can.

Litter is harmful to the environment - it can ruin the quality of water, create  health problems and hurt animals and wildlife.

M m

M is for Mother Earth

Mother Earth is our home and our Mother. She takes care of people, animals, plants, trees, water and the sky. People must give her love back. There is a special Day for Mother Earth. It is on April 9th.

N n

N is for Natural resources

Natural resources are all these that the Earth gives us.

Some natural resources are the air, water, soil, plants, animals, wind, the sun, and land.

O o

O is for the oceans

Oceans contain almost 98 percent of all the water on Earth. The five oceans on Earth are the Pacific, the Atlantic, The Indian, the Arctic and the Southern. Many people depend on the ocean for food and even work so we need to protect our oceans by not polluting and cleaning up litter.

P p

P is for the polar bear

Polar bears live in a place called the Atlantic. They are big, powerful white bears. Polar bears are endangered. They need to hunt seals, and the sea ice is slowly melting away because of global warming.

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Q is for quote

This is a quote about the environment from The Lorax by Dr Suess

R r

R is for recycling

Recycling is using trash to make new things that we can use. Materials that we can recycle are paper, metal, aluminium, glass and plastic. Making new things from recycled ones takes less money, less energy and less of the Earth's resources.

S s

S is for sea turtle.

Turtles that live in the ocean are called sea turtles. Sea turtles are reptiles, they are cold blooded, breathe air and lay eggs. They are endangered. Sea pollution destroys their homes and kills them.

T t

T is for trash

Trash is not always garbage and sometimes we can recycle trash to help the environment. Trash is bad for the environment and for all the creatures that live in it. Throwing trash is polluting.

U u

U is for underwater reefs

A reef is a community of living organisms like plants, fish and other creatures. Reefs are the home of about 25% of all sea life. Global warming makes the water hot and creatures cannot live there. Chemicals and suncreams also kill the animals in the reefs.

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V is for vroom vroom

People in big cities use a lot of cars to go to their work. The car and the factories in the big cities are responsible for the pollution of the air. Driving less and using public buses or our bicycles can help everyone in the city have clean air.

W w

W is for weather

Weather describes the changes in the sky or in the temperatures outside our home. It can be windy, rainy, sunny or foggy and it changes because people are not very careful with pollution.

X x

X is for eXtinct

When all members of a species die and none is left alive, then this species is going extinct. People that over-hunt, kill animals, destroy their habitats are mostly responsible for this.

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Y is for YOU - what can YOU do?

You can help the environment by: recycling, taking shorter showers, picking up trash, walking or riding a bike instead of driving, growing a garden, using a compost bin, hanging clothes to dry, using resusable bags, not polluting, turning off lights when leaving a room, using energy saving light bulbs.

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Z is for the ZOO

A zoo is place to see how animals live around the world and endangered animals. Sometimes zoos can help sick animals get better or some animal mothers to have their babies.