环境工程考研英语复试专业问题.docx

Environmental Problems The environment is our physical surroundings. This includes both human (man-made), social and physical (natural) features. Natural features include soil, the atmosphere, vegetation and wildlife. Human features include housing, transport and industry. Social features include things such as culture, language and political systems. Geographers are concerned about human action in the environment. Human interference with the environment causes problems such as soil erosion, global warming and acid. You may ask how we as individuals can have an impact on the environment. Our actions can help to increase and decrease the problems highlighted above. For example turning off lights that are not being used helps to reduce global warming. Questions ： 1．What is the environment 2．Howcan we help to decrease the global warming problems Global Warming Global warming is the worldwide warming of the understand global warming you first need to know about the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenonthat controls the balance of heat within the earths atmosphere. It is the process whereby the natural layer of gases in our atmosphere trap a small percentage of the suns radiation reflected from the earths surface. Without the greenhouse effect, the average surface temperature would be about -18 degrees Celsius. Global warming is caused by the increases in the amount of carbon dioxide and other gases being released into the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels. These gases add to the natural greenhouse effect. Causing global temperatures to rise. Questions ： is global warming causes global warming Atmospheric particulate matter In recent years,our country appear much haze weather,which is now often referred to is in the atmosphere of diameter less than or equal to micron particles,which is also known as enters the lung particle diameter is less than the thickness of a human hair 1/20. Atmospheric particulate matter- a