A1 noun محايد

carbon footprint

/ˈkɑːrbən ˈfʊtprɪnt/

A carbon footprint is the total amount of carbon dioxide gas that is made by a person, group, or activity. It measures how much your actions, like driving or using electricity, affect the environment.

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Walking to the store is a simple way to reduce your carbon footprint.

Walking to the store is a simple way to reduce your carbon footprint.

2

The government is introducing new laws to decrease the national carbon footprint.

The government is introducing new laws to decrease the national carbon footprint.

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I'm trying to lower my carbon footprint by eating less meat this year.

I'm trying to lower my carbon footprint by eating less meat this year.

عائلة الكلمة

اسم
carbon footprint
صفة
carbon-neutral
مرتبط
carbon dioxide
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نصيحة للحفظ

Imagine your shoes leaving black marks of gas on the ground as you walk; that is the mark (footprint) you leave on the Earth's air.

اختبار سريع

Using the bus instead of a car is a great way to ____ your carbon footprint.

صحيح!

الإجابة الصحيحة هي: reduce

أمثلة

1

Walking to the store is a simple way to reduce your carbon footprint.

everyday

Walking to the store is a simple way to reduce your carbon footprint.

2

The government is introducing new laws to decrease the national carbon footprint.

formal

The government is introducing new laws to decrease the national carbon footprint.

3

I'm trying to lower my carbon footprint by eating less meat this year.

informal

I'm trying to lower my carbon footprint by eating less meat this year.

4

The study analyzes the carbon footprint of global shipping industries over the last decade.

academic

The study analyzes the carbon footprint of global shipping industries over the last decade.

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Our corporation is committed to achieving a net-zero carbon footprint by 2040.

business

Our corporation is committed to achieving a net-zero carbon footprint by 2040.

عائلة الكلمة

اسم
carbon footprint
صفة
carbon-neutral
مرتبط
carbon dioxide

تلازمات شائعة

reduce your carbon footprint reduce your carbon footprint
calculate your carbon footprint calculate your carbon footprint
a high carbon footprint a high carbon footprint
offset your carbon footprint offset your carbon footprint
low carbon footprint low carbon footprint

العبارات الشائعة

leave a carbon footprint

leave a carbon footprint

measure your carbon footprint

measure your carbon footprint

carbon footprint calculator

carbon footprint calculator

يُخلط عادةً مع

carbon footprint vs ecological footprint

Ecological footprint measures all resources used, while carbon footprint focuses specifically on greenhouse gas emissions.

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ملاحظات الاستخدام

The term is almost always used when discussing environmental protection and climate change. It is usually paired with verbs like 'reduce', 'lower', 'calculate', or 'increase'.

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أخطاء شائعة

Learners sometimes use 'carbon mark' or 'carbon track' instead of 'carbon footprint'. It is always a compound noun.

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نصيحة للحفظ

Imagine your shoes leaving black marks of gas on the ground as you walk; that is the mark (footprint) you leave on the Earth's air.

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أصل الكلمة

Created in the late 1990s as a metaphor to describe the human impact on the Earth, modeled after the older term 'ecological footprint'.

أنماط نحوية

countable noun (usually used in singular) often follows possessive adjectives (my, your, their)
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السياق الثقافي

This is a key concept in modern Western environmental movements and corporate social responsibility goals.

اختبار سريع

Using the bus instead of a car is a great way to ____ your carbon footprint.

صحيح!

الإجابة الصحيحة هي: reduce

مزيد من كلمات nature

omnivore

A1

An omnivore is an animal or person that eats both plants and meat. They have a varied diet because they can digest many different types of food sources.

scavenger

A1

A scavenger is an animal or a person that finds and collects things that others have thrown away or left behind. In nature, it refers to animals that eat dead plants or other dead animals to survive.

migration

A1

Migration is the movement of people or animals from one place to another to live or find food. It can happen every year with the seasons or be a permanent move to a new country.

hibernation

A1

Hibernation is a long, deep sleep that some animals take during the winter. It helps them save energy and survive when there is very little food available.

camouflage

A1

Camouflage is a way to hide by looking like the things around you. It helps animals and people stay safe by blending into the background so they are hard to see.

stream

A1

A stream is a small, narrow flow of water that moves naturally along a fixed path. It is smaller than a river and can usually be found in forests or parks.

pond

A1

A pond is a small area of still water that is smaller than a lake. It can be found naturally in the wild or built in a park or garden.

marsh

A1

A marsh is a type of wetland that is often flooded with water. It is usually covered with grasses, reeds, and other plants that like wet soil.

swamp

A1

A swamp is a low area of land that is always very wet or covered with water. It usually has many trees and plants growing in it and is often home to animals like frogs and alligators.

waterfall

A1

A waterfall is a place where a river or stream flows over a high, steep cliff or rock. It is a beautiful natural feature often found in mountainous areas where water drops vertically.

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