environmental economics Crossword Puzzles
Basic Terms In Applied Economics 2018-07-09
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- Physical human effort exerted in production
- It involves the use of scarce resources to satisfy unlimited wants
- Science The study of society and how people behave
- Man-made resources used in the production of goods and services
- A situation where people who are willing and able to work are seeking work bit cannot find jobs
- It is concerned with the behaviour of individual entities
- Economy An economy where decisions are based on traditions and practices upheld over the years
- Economics The application of economic theory
- Economics Deals with what is-things that are actually happening such as the current inflation rate
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- Economics Refers to what should be-all that which embodies the ideal such as the ideal rate of population growth
- Cost The value of foregone alternative
- Domestic Product The market value of final products produced within the country
- Economy The most democratic form of economic system is where the workings of demand and supply determine the decisions on what goods and services to produce
- Insufficient resources
- Resources Used to produce goods and services
- It is concerned with the overall performance of the entire economy
- Soil and natural resources found in nature
- Line Minimum income level used as an official standard for determining the proportion of a population living in poverty
- Economy An authoritative system wherein decision-making is centralized in the government or a planning committee
19 Clues: Insufficient resources • Cost The value of foregone alternative • Soil and natural resources found in nature • Physical human effort exerted in production • Resources Used to produce goods and services • Economics The application of economic theory • Science The study of society and how people behave • It is concerned with the behaviour of individual entities • ...
Government Agencies & the Environment 2023-03-17
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- Toxic Substances Control Act
- Emergency Planning & Community Right to Know
- Energy Independence and Security Act
- Oil Pollution Act
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
- Clean Air Act
- Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
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- Superfund Amendment & Reauthorization Act
- Endangered Species Act
- Resource Conservation & Recovery Act
- National Environmental Policy Act
- Safe Drinking Water Act
- Comprehensive Environmental Response,Compensation and Liability Act
- Occupational Health & Safety Act
- Clean Water Act
16 Clues: Clean Air Act • Clean Water Act • Oil Pollution Act • Endangered Species Act • Safe Drinking Water Act • Toxic Substances Control Act • Environmental Protection Agency • Occupational Health & Safety Act • National Environmental Policy Act • Resource Conservation & Recovery Act • Energy Independence and Security Act • Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act • ...
Theories of Migration 2023-11-27
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- guest lecturer last name
- a testable proposition
- difference between sending country and receiving country wages
- neoclassical economics unit of analysis
- explanation of a social phenomenon
- cap this salary to reduce income inequality
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- theory argues that demand for low wage labor is built into modern economy
- people migrate to diversify risk and increase _____ wellbeing
- _______ wages to lower rates of immigration according to neoclassical economics
- foreign ____ can inadvertently increase migration
- new economics unit of analysis
- theory argues that migration is a consequence of the global economy
- thanksgiving bird
13 Clues: thanksgiving bird • a testable proposition • guest lecturer last name • new economics unit of analysis • explanation of a social phenomenon • neoclassical economics unit of analysis • cap this salary to reduce income inequality • foreign ____ can inadvertently increase migration • people migrate to diversify risk and increase _____ wellbeing • ...
earth 2021-08-23
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- The collective mass of gases that surrounds the Earth or another planet.
- a physical material that humans need and value such as land, air, and water
- relating to economics or the economy.
- All of the living organisms on Earth.
- the conditions that surround and affect an organism.
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- the action of forming or process of being formed.
- To cause to appear again in a new form or function; to adapt to a new use, form, or function.
- of a contract, agreement, etc.,capable of being renewed.
- of a natural resource or source of energy, existing in finite quantity; not capable of being replenished.
- The planet on which we live; the world and the substance of the land surface; soil.
10 Clues: relating to economics or the economy. • All of the living organisms on Earth. • the action of forming or process of being formed. • the conditions that surround and affect an organism. • of a contract, agreement, etc.,capable of being renewed. • The collective mass of gases that surrounds the Earth or another planet. • ...
ครอสเวิร์ดเรื่องการดำรงอยู่ของพืช 2023-12-31
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- Pollen ละอองเรณู
- Chlorophyll production การผลิตคลอโรฟิลล์
- ovule ออวุล
- Sugar synthesis การสังเคราะห์น้ำตาล
- Water uptake การดูดซึมน้ำ
- Fertilization การผสมเกสร
- Nutrient absorption การดูดซึมสารอาหาร
- Root hair ขนราก
- Atmospheric adaptation การปรับตัวต่อสภาพอากาศ
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- Pistil เกสรเพศเมีย
- Stamen เกสรเพศผู้
- Germination การงอก
- Photosynthesis การสังเคราะห์แสง
- Environmental adaptation การปรับตัวต่อสภาพแวดล้อม
- Water storage การเก็บน้ำ
- anther อับเรณู
- petals กลีบดอก
- cuttings การปักชำ
- Calyx กลีบเลี้ยง
- flower stem ก้านดอก
20 Clues: ovule ออวุล • anther อับเรณู • petals กลีบดอก • Root hair ขนราก • Pollen ละอองเรณู • Calyx กลีบเลี้ยง • Stamen เกสรเพศผู้ • cuttings การปักชำ • Pistil เกสรเพศเมีย • Germination การงอก • flower stem ก้านดอก • Water storage การเก็บน้ำ • Fertilization การผสมเกสร • Water uptake การดูดซึมน้ำ • Photosynthesis การสังเคราะห์แสง • Sugar synthesis การสังเคราะห์น้ำตาล • ...
ครอสเวิร์ดของการดำรงอยู่ของพืช 2023-12-31
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- Calyx กลีบเลี้ยง
- Germination การงอก
- Sugar synthesis การสังเคราะห์น้ำตาล
- ovule ออวุล
- Nutrient absorption การดูดซึมสารอาหาร
- Chlorophyll production การผลิตคลอโรฟิลล์
- Water storage การเก็บน้ำ
- Environmental adaptation การปรับตัวต่อสภาพแวดล้อม
- Photosynthesis การสังเคราะห์แสง
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- cuttings การปักชำ
- Atmospheric adaptation การปรับตัวต่อสภาพอากาศ
- Stamen เกสรเพศผู้
- Water uptake การดูดซึมน้ำ
- anther อับเรณู
- Fertilization การผสมเกสร
- Pistil เกสรเพศเมีย
- Root hair ขนราก
- flower stem ก้านดอก
- petals กลีบดอก
- Pollen ละอองเรณู
20 Clues: ovule ออวุล • anther อับเรณู • petals กลีบดอก • Root hair ขนราก • Calyx กลีบเลี้ยง • Pollen ละอองเรณู • cuttings การปักชำ • Stamen เกสรเพศผู้ • Pistil เกสรเพศเมีย • Germination การงอก • flower stem ก้านดอก • Fertilization การผสมเกสร • Water storage การเก็บน้ำ • Water uptake การดูดซึมน้ำ • Photosynthesis การสังเคราะห์แสง • Sugar synthesis การสังเคราะห์น้ำตาล • ...
Environmental Impact 2016-05-20
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- The degree of harm a chemical substance can inflict.
- a material found in air, water, or soil that is harmful to humans and other organisms
- the cleanliness of the air we breathe
- able to be decomposed by microorganisms to something that won’t harm the environment
- the introduction of harmful substances or products into the environment, such as air pollution.
- treaty that all countries agreed on to set a limit on how much greenhouse gases we could release to prevent global warming
- any material that can be harmful to human health or the environment if it is not properly disposed of
- act that made it so the EPA to control and limit waste disposal
- an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere which is believed to be the cause of a gradual warming of the surface of the Earth.
- the study of living things in relation to their physical environment and to each other
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- CO2
- law passed by congress to control air pollution
- federal agency that protects human health and the environment
- water that is safe to drink
- a layer of oil that is floating over a large area of the surface of the sea, usually because an accident has caused it to escape from a ship or container
- O3
- the beginning of the use of factories in making U.S. goods between 1760 and 1840
- the theory that the global climates are slowly warming because of the greenhouse effect
- act put in place to make sure that the government’s actions do not affect the environment in a negative way
- any material in nature that people use and value \
20 Clues: O3 • CO2 • water that is safe to drink • the cleanliness of the air we breathe • law passed by congress to control air pollution • any material in nature that people use and value \ • The degree of harm a chemical substance can inflict. • federal agency that protects human health and the environment • act that made it so the EPA to control and limit waste disposal • ...
Environmental science 2016-08-24
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- a mixture of rock fragments, nutrients,water, air, and decaying animal and plant matte
- warming of the Earth’s atmosphere caused by the build up of greenhouse gases
- any physical or chemical change in water that adversely affects organisms
- colorless, odorless gas that has the ability to combine with hemoglobin faster than oxygen
- erosion- the process by which water, wind, or ice moves particles of rocks or soil.
- a natural resource that cannot be re-made or re-grown at scale comparable to its consumption
- from industries such as chemical plants, paper mills, petroleum refineries and smelters
- source of energy for almost every machine
- include nitrates and phosphates which are the limiting factors for populations of algae and other aquatic plants
- made up of hydrogen and carbon
- tiny bits of solid matter or liquid droplets that are suspended in the air for long periods of time
- thinning of the ozone layer or the loss of the blocking effect of ozone against UV rays
- uranium to create energy
- changes the water ambient temperature due to industries that dispose hot effluents
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- soil that makes up the Earth’s crust
- transportation and stationary combustion sources such as coal-fired power plants, industry
- phenomenon that helps maintain the Earth’s surface temperature
- the very top layer of dead leaves and grass
- refers to the change in the earth’s climate due to greenhouse gases
- introduction of solid, liquid or gaseous materials that alter the physical, chemical and biological properties of the air, and cause harm /damage to living organisms and structures
- particles derived from soil or rock that have been or being transported by water and wind
- thin, fragile shield that envelops the earth
- can be renewable or non-renewable
23 Clues: uranium to create energy • made up of hydrogen and carbon • can be renewable or non-renewable • soil that makes up the Earth’s crust • source of energy for almost every machine • the very top layer of dead leaves and grass • thin, fragile shield that envelops the earth • phenomenon that helps maintain the Earth’s surface temperature • ...
Environmental Services 2017-08-18
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- What company takes care of RED trash and sharps for the hospital?
- What is the brand of electronic paper towels we use?
- What is the Color of ES Scrubs?
- Wheeler Who is the head of safety and security?
- What tupe of rags do we use to clean? (blue and yellow)
- What floor is ICU on?
- Evening discharge cleaners are called?
- Who is the manager of ES?
- What is the name of the security company?
- What is the name of the disinfectant we use to clean?
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- These are used to keep your hands clean.
- What is the name of the fragrance spray we use?
- What is used to clean the toilets?
- What brand of bleach do we use to clean with?
- Weeks How far out should you schedule PTO?
- What program is used to look up chemicals?
- Used to collect trash from multiple areas.
- This is used to clean the carpet.
- This is used to swipe you into the building or certain areas.
- What company takes care of pest control?
20 Clues: What floor is ICU on? • Who is the manager of ES? • What is the Color of ES Scrubs? • This is used to clean the carpet. • What is used to clean the toilets? • Evening discharge cleaners are called? • These are used to keep your hands clean. • What company takes care of pest control? • What is the name of the security company? • Weeks How far out should you schedule PTO? • ...
Environmental Globalization 2017-05-18
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- The concept of life that includes a connection to something
- A program in effect from 1921 to 1928, reviving the wage system and private ownership and abandoning grain acquisition (acronym)
- The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes
- Is a sea zone prescribed by the prescribed by the United Nations Convention of the Law of the sea over which state has the right to explore and marine resource (acronym)
- The removal of trees from a certain area
- The ability to do work
- The thing that is used to control a nation, state, or community
- The job of supervising or taking care of something, such as organizations or property
- the focus of maintaining the health of the natural world, biological diversity etc.
- To use more than once, part of the RRR
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- The growth of cities and towns as people who come from urban areas in search of jobs and opportunities
- A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
- An international treaty that states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- A state of matter that is where particles are spread apart and has no set form (plural)
- the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
- An international agreement. Its goal is to ensure that international trade of specimens of wild animals and plants doesn't threaten their survival (acronym)
- An area in the world with unique characteristics
- A supply of goods or materials that can be renewable or non renewable
- An oil company that is responsible for most of the world's oil (acronym)
- A type of material to produce heat or power
20 Clues: The ability to do work • To use more than once, part of the RRR • The removal of trees from a certain area • A type of material to produce heat or power • An area in the world with unique characteristics • The concept of life that includes a connection to something • The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes • ...
Environmental Change 2012-05-14
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- A suspension of liquid or solid particles in a gas.
- The place where a population (e.g., human,animal, plant, or microorganism) lives, and its surroundings, both living and nonliving.
- chain A sequence of organisms each of which uses the next lower member of the sequence as a food source.
- Changes in an organism’s structure or habit that help it adjust to its surroundings.
- To reuse an item or substance.
- Capable of being composed by bacteria.
- Technique for applying water or wastewater to land areas to supply the water and nutrient needs of plants.
- Capable of causing disease.
- Pollution discharged into the atmosphere from smokestacks, other vents, and surface areas of commercial or industrial faculties.
- The natural biological decomposition of organic material in the presence of air.
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- A chemical pesticide designed to control or destroy plants, weeds, or grasses.
- The science dealing with the properties, distribution, and circulation of water.
- pollution The presence in water of enough harmful or objectionable material to damage water quality.
- a person who advocates for the environment.
- A colorless, nonpoisonous, flammable gas created by anaerobic decomposition of organic compounds.
- A measure of the acidity of a liquid or solid material.
- effect The warming of the Earth’s atmosphere caused by a buildup of carbon dioxide or other trace gases.
- A life or process that occurs in, or is not destroyed by, the absence of oxygen.
- Adhesion of molecules of gas, liquid, or dissolved solids to a surface.
- Referring to or derived from living organisms.
20 Clues: Capable of causing disease. • To reuse an item or substance. • Capable of being composed by bacteria. • a person who advocates for the environment. • Referring to or derived from living organisms. • A suspension of liquid or solid particles in a gas. • A measure of the acidity of a liquid or solid material. • ...
Environmental Stuff 2013-05-06
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- grass or other plants for feeding livestock.
- the act of extinguishing
- smoke or other atmospheric pollutants combined with fog in an unhealthy or irritating mixture.
- the process by which a nonsaline soil becomes saline
- any combustible organic material, as oil, coal, or natural gas, derived from the remains of former life.
- The process in which land becomes desert
- the act or process of fusing; the state of being fused.
- refined from oil
- precipitation, as rain, snow, or sleet, containing relatively high concentrations of acid-forming chemicals
- the processes involved in dealing with the waste of humans and organisms, including minimization, handling, processing, storage, recycling, transport, and final disposal
- Occupation related to raising crops, cultivating land, and breeding labor animals
- to divest or clear of forests or trees
- the act of cleaving or splitting into parts.
- a black or dark-brown shale or siltstone rich in bitumens, from which shale oil is obtained by destructive distillation.
- land suitable for or used for the cultivation of crops.
- Vast natural landscape
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- the act or state of being polluted
- the act or process of decomposing
- the artificial application of water to land to assist in the production of crops
- the ability to be sustained, supported, upheld, or confirmed.
- the place where a person or thing is usually found
- Global climate rise due to the Greenhouse Gas effect
- Cause global warming
- the act or state of eroding
- radioactive waste
- a piece of glowing, charred, or burned wood or other combustible substance.
- the time required for one half the atoms of a given amount of a radioactive substance to disintegrate.
- naturally created from the environment
- refined or crude petroleum.
- Being without moisture
30 Clues: refined from oil • radioactive waste • Cause global warming • Being without moisture • Vast natural landscape • the act of extinguishing • the act or state of eroding • refined or crude petroleum. • the act or process of decomposing • the act or state of being polluted • naturally created from the environment • to divest or clear of forests or trees • ...
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 2013-09-09
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- THE CLASSIFICATION OF CRUST THE CONTINENTAL AND
- AREA WHERE WATER COLLECTS AND DRAINS
- USE OF CHAIN BUCKETS
- RESULTS WHEN THE CONCENTRATION OF SALT IONS BUILDS UP IN THE SOIL
- PROCESS OF REMOVING OR EXTRACTING THE COMPONENTS OF SOLUBLE MATERIALS
- NIMBUS CLOUDS DELIVER RAINWATER TO THE EARTH THROUGH
- THE THIN OUTERMOST LAYER OF THE EARTH MADE UP OF SOIL
- VERY THICK LAYER COMPRISING ALMOST 80% OF THE EARTH VOLUME
- WATERS ENTERS THE SOIL PROCESSING
- OCCURS IN PLACE SURROUNDED BY THE SEAS
- WATER IS CALLED A UNIVERSAL SOLVENT
- HAS THE RICH MINERAL RESOURCES WHICH ARE DISTRIBUTED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
- WATER IS CLEAR
- A HORIZON WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN
- COMPRISES ABOUT 47% OF THE EARTH CRUST
- TRANSFER OF SOIL PARTICLES AND ITS OTHER COMPONENTS TO ANOTHER PLACE
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- ELEMENT OR COMPOUNDS WHICH ARE SOLID INORGANIC AND NATURALLY OCCURRING
- IS A MEASURE OF ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR
- 3% WATER ON EARTH
- ONE OF THE LEADING CAUSE OF POLLUTION
- OCCURS WHEN THE LIVESTOCK THAT GRAZE IN A GRASSLAND BEYOND THE CARRYING CAPACITY
- WATER BECOMES FOG OR CLOUD
- RESOURCES INCLUDE ALL THOSE USEFUL MATERIALS WHICH COULD BE DERIVED FORM ROCK CYCLE
- FLAT LAND BESIDE RIVERS AND STREAMS
- HEAVY METAL WHICH NEUROTIXIN
- WATER MOVES DOWN INTO THE SOIL
- 97%WATER ON EARTH
- IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE HYDROGOLIC CYCLE
- WATER_FROM THE BODIES OF WATER
- EARTH MATERIALS WHICH MAKE UP THE CRUST
30 Clues: WATER IS CLEAR • 3% WATER ON EARTH • 97%WATER ON EARTH • USE OF CHAIN BUCKETS • WATER BECOMES FOG OR CLOUD • HEAVY METAL WHICH NEUROTIXIN • A HORIZON WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN • WATER MOVES DOWN INTO THE SOIL • WATER_FROM THE BODIES OF WATER • WATERS ENTERS THE SOIL PROCESSING • FLAT LAND BESIDE RIVERS AND STREAMS • WATER IS CALLED A UNIVERSAL SOLVENT • AREA WHERE WATER COLLECTS AND DRAINS • ...
Environmental Science 2013-10-14
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- Things that limit population growth
- car Emissions
- act of leaving
- Percent of increase stays the same
- act of entering
- long,deep cracks or openings
- Human-centered
- Came up with natural selection
- where a species lives
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- Increase and decrease of individuals
- densely populated area
- someone who studies populations
- Max rate population can increase
- Earth-centered
- A process that leads to evolution
- surroundings and everything that affects and organism during its lifetime
- Life-centered
- attitude of active care and concern for naural lands
- Vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countires around the world
- sedimentary rock formed from layers of clay
20 Clues: car Emissions • Life-centered • act of leaving • Earth-centered • Human-centered • act of entering • where a species lives • densely populated area • long,deep cracks or openings • Came up with natural selection • someone who studies populations • Max rate population can increase • A process that leads to evolution • Percent of increase stays the same • Things that limit population growth • ...
Environmental issues 2013-10-14
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- Animals that may become extinct are ________
- A person or thing that is regarded as dangerous
- In many big cities, there is a lot of air ________
- A slippery area, esp a patch of oil floating on water
- The greenhouse effect is the main cause of __________ ________
- A chemical used for killing insects
- Carbon dioxide is an example of a ___________
- A jungle where there is a lot of rainfall
- Garbage, rubbish, or trash
- The place where an animal lives is called its _________
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- Trees breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out ______
- The external surroundings in which a plant or animal lives
- Gases ejected from an engine as waste products
- A mixture of smoke and fog
- Reuse material to make a new priduct
- There are too many ________ on the roads
- There is a hole in the _________ _________
- A place or area where waste materials are dumped
- The descent of solid material in the atmosphere onto the earth, esp of radioactive material following a nuclear explosion
- Waste matter from domestic or industrial establishments
20 Clues: A mixture of smoke and fog • Garbage, rubbish, or trash • A chemical used for killing insects • Reuse material to make a new priduct • There are too many ________ on the roads • A jungle where there is a lot of rainfall • There is a hole in the _________ _________ • Animals that may become extinct are ________ • Carbon dioxide is an example of a ___________ • ...
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: 2013-08-23
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- where agricultural or veterinary chemicals have been used or disposed of in a manner that causes actual or potential contamination or harm to life or the environment
- the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects
- a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, CFCs, and other pollutants
- the capacity of ecosystems to maintain their essential functions and processes, and retain their biodiversity in full measure, over the long term.
- Unreasonable interference with a neighbour’s enjoyment of their property; for example, noise, smells, smoke, water or other matter continually emanating from a neighbouring property.
- doing or not doing something a reasonable person would or would not do in certain circumstances, which causes harm or loss to another person; a common-law principle and a key area in the law of torts or civil wrongs; essential concepts are the ‘neighbour principle’ and breaches of duty of care
- something made impure by exposure or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance
- gases in an atmosphere that absorb and emit radiation within the thermal infrared range
- the total volume of fresh water that is used to produce the goods and services consumed by the individual, business or nation.
- required under specific conditions of a planning scheme before land can be developed.
- a layer in the earth's stratosphere at an altitude of about 10 km (6.2 miles) containing a high concentration of ozone, which absorbs most of the ultraviolet radiation reaching the earth from the sun
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- a person against whom a civil legal action is taken
- is the process of facilitating decision-making to carry out development with due consideration given to the natural environment.
- the standard of proof in a civil case.
- an act or omission that interferes with the comfort or convenience of a number of people to a considerable degree.
- a lawsuit filed or defended by an individual or small group acting on behalf of a large group
- genetic material (DNA) changed to introduce new characteristics or alter existing characteristics.
- a tax on fossil fuels, esp. those used by motor vehicles, intended to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide
- an air pollutant that contributes to the formation of photochemical smog.
- the activity or business of felling trees and cutting and preparing the timber
- a person bringing a civil action—person who has the burden of proving the case
- Unauthorised access to another person’s land.
- able to be foreseen or predicted
- start civil proceedings against another person.
24 Clues: able to be foreseen or predicted • the standard of proof in a civil case. • Unauthorised access to another person’s land. • start civil proceedings against another person. • a person against whom a civil legal action is taken • an air pollutant that contributes to the formation of photochemical smog. • ...
environmental issues 2015-01-19
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- Thick fog
- When people are throwing garbage on the ground
- In space there are not only stars, but also
- A food which is healthy for people
- Big car queue on the street
- We hear car exhaust sounds, music and other stuff
- To get firewood, people...
- Eco products to environment are
- From wind turbines we can get
- What we exhale
- From Vehicles flow out
- When Toxic products are being thrown out
- a violently rotating column of air
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- When clouds become dark then may arise
- Our planet climate is changing because of
- Eletronic devices are being thrown out
- Coal,firewood are known as...
- When Volcano become active
- When water level is rising then arise
- A rain which can make damage to monuments or other objects
- when earth is starting to break
- Many products can twice
- Many species...
- A material what can blow up things
- products Eco products also call...
25 Clues: Thick fog • What we exhale • Many species... • From Vehicles flow out • Many products can twice • When Volcano become active • To get firewood, people... • Big car queue on the street • Coal,firewood are known as... • From wind turbines we can get • when earth is starting to break • Eco products to environment are • A food which is healthy for people • A material what can blow up things • ...
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 2021-02-05
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- Focused on plant life
- A substance composed of the chemical elements hydrogen and oxygen and exists in gaseous, liquid, and solid states
- Science Deals with the predictable behavior of the world around us
- The study of man
- Science It explore human society past and present, and the way human beings behave
- Energy Energy of electromagnetic waves
- Energy Energy in the nucleus or core of an atom
- Substances A substance with constant composition
- A substance that produce OH- when dissolved in water
- A substance that cannot be separated into two or more substances by ordinary physical or chemical means
- Method This method consists of collecting facts and data by the observation of natural phenomena
- Snow He proved polluted water causes cholera
- The study of the interactions between life and its physical environment
- gases Stable and unreactive
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- Are aldehydes or ketones with multiple hydroxide (-OH) group
- Science Division of Science that deals with natural objects and natural phenomena
- Include environmental geology, soil sciences, volcanic phenomena and evolution of earth’s crust
- Temporary explanation or supposition of related facts
- Has mass and occupies space
- Is the explanation of a supposed fact
- Substances that contain two or more elements
- It has a luster, conduct electricity, conduct heat, malleable and ductile
- Sciences Focuses on the Earth’s atmosphere, with an emphasis upon its interrelation to the other system
- Energy Energy stored in the bonds of chemical compounds
- Science the study of interactions among physical, chemical, and biological components of the environment and the solution of the environmental problems
- law A statement of the behavior of nature
- Are biological substances that are soluble in nonpolar solvents and insoluble in polar solvents
- Are biological polymers important in almost all life processes
- The property that must be transferred to an object in order to perform work on, or to heat, the object
29 Clues: The study of man • Focused on plant life • Has mass and occupies space • gases Stable and unreactive • Is the explanation of a supposed fact • Energy Energy of electromagnetic waves • law A statement of the behavior of nature • Substances that contain two or more elements • Snow He proved polluted water causes cholera • Energy Energy in the nucleus or core of an atom • ...
environmental systems 2021-02-09
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- a community of living organisms in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment
- waste that has substantial or potential threats to public health or the environment
- a collection of plants and animals that have common characteristics for the environment they exist in
- any single identifiable source of pollution from which pollutants are discharged
- he introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change
- precipitation that is unusually acidic
- the variety and variability of life on Earth
- the action or process of adapting
- the practice of protecting the natural environment by individuals, organizations and governments
- the combined mass of water found on, under, and above the surface of a planet
- any non living component
- a species is indigenous to a given region or ecosystem
- prevention of wasteful use of a resource
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- the ability to exist constantly
- a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains
- a type of wastewater
- the process by which fertile land becomes desert
- the long-term average of weather
- the action of surface processes that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust
- the match of a species to a specific environmental condition
- the number of different habitats that one particular region can provide
- any living component
- an enlarged natural or artificial lake, pond, or impoundment created using a dam or lock to store water
- an introduced organism that negatively alters its new environment
- a substance used for destroying insects or other organisms
25 Clues: a type of wastewater • any living component • any non living component • the ability to exist constantly • the long-term average of weather • the action or process of adapting • precipitation that is unusually acidic • prevention of wasteful use of a resource • the variety and variability of life on Earth • the process by which fertile land becomes desert • ...
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 2021-09-08
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- natural objects and natural phenomena
- ex. silicon, boron, arsenic
- identification of minerals
- interactions among physical, chemical and biological components of the environment
- focuses on the earth's atmosphere
- author and advocate for wilderness
- natural occurences that happen in our ecosystem
- contain two or more elements
- essential nutrient for plant
- study of life
- plant life
- 10th most abundant element in the universe
- NaCl
- energy of electromagnetic waves
- weather
- with constant composition
- study of earth
- ex. gold, silver, zinc
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- evaporation,condensation and precipitation
- 78% of the athmosphere
- energy in the nucleus or core of an atom
- brings damage to the lakes, soils, forest and building
- study of man
- bacteria and diseases
- possessed by an object due to its motion or due to its position
- animal life
- collecting facts and data by the observation of natural phenomena
- proved polluted water causes cholera
- transform light energy to chemical energy
- first discovered by Joseph Priestly
- interactions between life and its physical environment
- individual behavior and mind
- balance of the exchanges
- mass and occupies space
- dangerous trade
- production, distribution, and socumption of goods and services
- fought for public rights and against water pollution
- increasingly affected by industrial air pollution
- microorganisns
- origin and constitution of society
- capacity to do work
41 Clues: NaCl • weather • plant life • animal life • study of man • study of life • microorganisns • study of earth • dangerous trade • capacity to do work • bacteria and diseases • 78% of the athmosphere • ex. gold, silver, zinc • mass and occupies space • balance of the exchanges • with constant composition • identification of minerals • ex. silicon, boron, arsenic • contain two or more elements • ...
Environmental systems 2021-08-27
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- organisms working togehter
- diagram of how the energy flows in chains
- an organisms purpose
- too many
- Non living
- how organisms live
- purpose in environment
- second organism to eat
- too little
- eats dead animals
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- Living
- diagram of how the energy flows
- # of organisms in area
- organisms in a thriving community
- hunts food
- breaks down dead organic material
- first organism to eat
- hunts for food
- Living form of life
- makes own food
- how organisms work together
- eats meat
- eats plants
- how things disappear
24 Clues: Living • too many • eats meat • hunts food • Non living • too little • eats plants • hunts for food • makes own food • eats dead animals • how organisms live • Living form of life • an organisms purpose • how things disappear • first organism to eat • # of organisms in area • purpose in environment • second organism to eat • organisms working togehter • how organisms work together • ...
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 2021-09-07
30 Clues: jjj • mmm • mmm • mmm • kkk • ,,, • heat • jjjc • watt • kkjd • jjdjj • power • iiidid • dgadga • kkkcdd • uduhee • yyyyyey • kkkdkkd • sdhsjns • jsjjsjs • jjdjdjd • jjjjsjj • uuwuwud • jjjdjdj • jsjjjdsj • jsjdjjdd • dheebdjd • kkkdkdkd • jdjdjeee • dsdsniqika
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 2021-09-07
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- element
- science
- atmosphere
- meteorology
- hydrosphere
- jamess watt
- carbon
- theory
- kinetic
- experiment
- electrical energy
- acidity
- thermodynamics
- horsepower
- biosphere
- ecology
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- nuclear energy
- growing population
- geoscience
- pacific ring of fire
- heat energy
- environmental chemistry
- water
- compound
- reactant
- energy
- poverty
- metabolism
- lithosphere
- typhoon belt
30 Clues: water • energy • carbon • theory • element • science • poverty • kinetic • acidity • ecology • compound • reactant • biosphere • geoscience • atmosphere • metabolism • experiment • horsepower • heat energy • meteorology • hydrosphere • jamess watt • lithosphere • typhoon belt • nuclear energy • thermodynamics • electrical energy • growing population • pacific ring of fire • environmental chemistry
environmental problems 2021-12-07
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- (3 words) get rid of waste material from nuclear reactors, which is radioactive
- extremely small pieces of plastic that are harmful to the environment, used in cosmetics, or formed when plastic waste material breaks down
- the process of burning
- the act of keeping something the same or of preventing it from being damaged
- (2 words) to use all of something
- (2 words) the amount of carbon dioxide that a person or organization produces by the things they do, used as a way of measuring the amount of harm they do to the environment
- (2 words) leakage of petroleum onto the surface of a large body of water
- energy that replaces itself naturally, or is easily replaced because there is a large supply of it
- (2 words) general increase in world temperatures caused by increased amounts of carbon dioxide around the Earth
- to send out gas, heat, light, sound etc
- to use as little water, energy etc as possible so that it is not wasted
- all the living things in an area and the way they affect each other and the environment
- the act of making a place clean and tidy
- (2 words) a political ideology that aims to foster an ecologically sustainable society rooted in environmentalism, nonviolence and social justice
- (2 words) gases ejected from an engine as waste products
- resources that have a limit or end
- (phrasal verb) to destroy, remove, or get rid of something completely
- (2 words) a factory where oil is made purer (where petroleum is transformed into useful products such as gasoline/petrol, diesel fuel, etc.)
- (2 words) gas, coal, and oil, that were formed underground from plant and animal remains millions of years ago
- not suitable to live in
- (2 words) an occasion when crops do not grow or produce food, for example because of bad weather (also poor harvest)
- a place where waste is buried under the ground
- (2 words) a large container into which people put empty bottles and other glass objects so that the glass can be used again
- (2 words) microscopic particles of solid or liquid matter suspended in the air
- a situation in which a large number of people have little or no food for a long time and many people die
- the amount of energy, oil, electricity etc that is used
- (2 words) to improve people’s knowledge or understanding of a particular subject or situation
- someone who is concerned about protecting the environment
- able to decay naturally and in a way that is not harmful
- (2 words) an area where animals and plants are protected
- to put used objects or materials through a special process so that they can be used again
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- the natural home of an animal or plant
- (2 words, BrE) a place where unwanted waste is taken and left
- a gas or other substance that is sent into the air
- (2 words) connected to the power supply but not used
- the protection of plants and animals, natural areas, and interesting and important structures and buildings, especially from the damaging effects of human activity
- (2 words) special place with containers for separate waste disposal; it can be located in the streets as well as in supermarkets
- the cutting or burning down of all the trees in an area
- people or things that have always been in the place where they are, rather than being brought there from somewhere else
- (2 words) a poisonous gas that is a cause of air pollution in industrial areas (SO2)
- (adj) damage, harm etc that is so bad that it can never be repaired or made better (also irreversible)
- (adj) using as little energy as possible
- (adj) badly damaging or destroying something
- (adj) much more than is reasonable or necessary
- a very large amount of water that covers an area that is usually dry
- (2 words) an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere, that is believed to be the cause of a gradual warming of the surface of the earth
- (4 words) under a threat of dying out
- chemical substances used to kill insects and small animals that destroy crops
- (2 words) a gas, especially carbon dioxide (CO2) or methane, that is thought to trap heat above the Earth and cause the greenhouse effect
- (2 words) the process of getting rid of unwanted materials or substances
- (2 words) a layer of air containing ozone high above the earth that prevents harmful ultraviolet light from the sun from reaching the earth
- (3 words)to get rid of waste products from industry that are harmful to people, animals, or the environment
- the act of destroying something, or the fact of being destroyed
- able to continue without causing damage to the environment
- (verb) to reduce the amount of something that is present or available (for example, salmon populations have been severely ...d; as oil reserves are ...d, its price will continue to rise)
- (2 words) rain that contains large amounts of harmful chemicals as a result of burning substances such as coal and oil
- the mixture of waste from the human body and used water, that is carried away from houses by pipes under the ground
- broken or torn pieces left from the destruction of something larger
- a mixture of smoke, gases, and chemicals, especially in cities, that makes the atmosphere difficult to breathe and harmful for health
59 Clues: the process of burning • not suitable to live in • (2 words) to use all of something • resources that have a limit or end • (4 words) under a threat of dying out • the natural home of an animal or plant • to send out gas, heat, light, sound etc • (adj) using as little energy as possible • the act of making a place clean and tidy • (adj) badly damaging or destroying something • ...
environmental protection 2022-01-04
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- equipment produces carbon dioxide
- to a supervisor asbestos found in a skip
- requires specialist disposal
- water key aims of water regulations
- and commission maximise the economy of heating
- power does not produce emissions
- stands for standard assessment procedure
- L1 building regulation covers fuel and power
- 3 defines building work
- pump absorbs heat from the ground
- and non renewable two categories of fuel
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- oils high carbon energy source
- system generate own electricity.
- low carbon energy source
- produces toxic fumes when burnt
- rating seasonal efficiency
- using resource that do not damage environment
- boiler most efficient boiler
- rating new buildings must have one
- dead legs minimise water consumption
- power zero carbon energy source
21 Clues: low carbon energy source • 3 defines building work • requires specialist disposal • rating seasonal efficiency • boiler most efficient boiler • oils high carbon energy source • produces toxic fumes when burnt • power does not produce emissions • power zero carbon energy source • system generate own electricity. • pump absorbs heat from the ground • ...
Environmental Management 2022-03-03
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- hole in ozone layer
- the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
- Chemical reaction where green plants use water and carbon dioxide to store the sun’s energy in glucose
- multiple pathways through which energy and matter flow in an ecosystem
- region with significant levels of biodiversity that is threatened by human habitation.
- protocol issued in 1992 for lowering ozone layer depletion
- the study of organisms and how they interact with the environment around them
- a unit of atmospheric ozone content above a given spot on earth's surface
- environmental problem that diminishes the capacity of species to survive
- any waste which is generated during the diagnosis or treatment or vaccination of human beings or animals
- a pleasant island turned in barren land due to human invasion
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- circulation that helps in passing heat to the polar region
- the emission or transmission of energy in the form of waves or particles through space or through a material medium
- biological variety and variability of life on Earth
- the remains or impression of a prehistoric plant or animal embedded in rock and preserved in petrified form
- located above the troposphere and below the mesosphere
- to protect environment from harm, loss, or change
- power plant in northern Ukraine the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster
- an illegal wildlife trade
- the fact of a good quality or situation being gradually lost or destroyed
- species are those plants and animals that exist only in one geographical region
21 Clues: hole in ozone layer • an illegal wildlife trade • to protect environment from harm, loss, or change • biological variety and variability of life on Earth • located above the troposphere and below the mesosphere • circulation that helps in passing heat to the polar region • protocol issued in 1992 for lowering ozone layer depletion • ...
Energy - Environmental 2022-03-27
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- decomposition occurs in this type of oxygen
- some atoms are
- energy of an object due to its position or shape
- also known as burning
- is safer to mine than coal
- emits subatomic particles to become more stable
- the cleanest burning of the fossil fuels
- energy stored in forces holding atomic nuclei together
- percent of the US gets its oil from foreign sources
- most commonly used fossil fuel for electricity generation
- the energy required to change an object's position
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- a liquid fossil fuel with a thick viscous texture
- the energy in the movement of molecules
- the energy stored in
- a new form of extraction
- oil that is a mixture of many different hydrocarbons
- the energy of motion
- resources that are replaced quickly
- resources that can never be replaced
- energy associated with the movement of electrons
- the ability to do work
21 Clues: some atoms are • the energy stored in • the energy of motion • also known as burning • the ability to do work • a new form of extraction • is safer to mine than coal • resources that are replaced quickly • resources that can never be replaced • the energy in the movement of molecules • the cleanest burning of the fossil fuels • decomposition occurs in this type of oxygen • ...
Environmental Crossword 2022-04-19
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- “cradle-to-grave” approach for assessing the environmental impact of industrial systems
- environmental, economic, and social problems are interrelated and therefore their solutions must be integrated
- maintaining at a certain rate, avoiding the depletion of natural resources to maintain ecological balance
- a system meant to limit emissions and put a price on them
- to use more than once
- Environmental ______ is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people
- the use of material, processes, or practices that eliminates or reduces the quantity and toxicity of wastes at the source of generation
- the process of converting waste into reusable material
- focuses on humankind’s relationship with the natural world
- genetic material that has been altered using genetic engineering
- a policy of producing consumer goods that rapidly become obsolete and so require replacing
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- a tax on fossil fuels intended to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide
- is the study of material and energy flows through industrial systems
- study of financial impact of environmental policies
- the main goals of this is to eliminate waste and pollution, keep products and materials in use and regenerate natural systems
- process of understanding how things, regarded as systems, influence one another within a whole
- this is a self-reporting framework for helping colleges and universities track and measure their sustainability progress.
- These gases absorb infrared radiation
- a private certification of for-profit companies of their "social and environmental performance."
- make smaller or less in amount
- is a practice that learns from and mimics the strategies found in nature to solve human design challenges
21 Clues: to use more than once • make smaller or less in amount • These gases absorb infrared radiation • study of financial impact of environmental policies • the process of converting waste into reusable material • a system meant to limit emissions and put a price on them • focuses on humankind’s relationship with the natural world • ...
Environmental Science 2022-05-10
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- a type of extraction that obtains natural gas by fracturing the rocks
- a geographic area that has a common drainage location for water
- the system in living organisms that regulates hormones and development
- if the growth rate is 10 percent, then the doubling time is ___ years
- the number of layers in the atmosphere BELOW the thermosphere
- type of soil that has a relatively even mix of sand, silt and clay
- a measure of the suspended particulates in water
- an organism that gets impacted by bleaching
- the type of growth demonstrated by a J-shaped curve
- three of the answers to this crossword are numbers, put them in ___ order to get the code for the next lock
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- a type of organism that gets its energy from the sun directly
- the liquid that accumulates in landfills
- a species that is not native to an area and causes problems for the local ecosystem
- a type of power generated by moving water, usually in a dam
- practices that will allow the repeated use of resources for generations without running out
- the chemical name for natural gas
- the amount of lead that is considered safe (a number)
- the most efficient type of irrigation
- protects us from UV rays in the stratosphere, but is a pollutant in the troposphere
- the non-living components of an ecosystem.
20 Clues: the chemical name for natural gas • the most efficient type of irrigation • the liquid that accumulates in landfills • the non-living components of an ecosystem. • an organism that gets impacted by bleaching • a measure of the suspended particulates in water • the type of growth demonstrated by a J-shaped curve • the amount of lead that is considered safe (a number) • ...
environmental science 2022-05-08
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- regional large scale outbreak
- measure of the harmfulness of a substance
- the biotic/abiotic components in a habitat
- only eats animals it has killed
- turns organic matter into inorganic compound
- recycling organic matter
- eats plants or animals
- moving energy with mass and velocity
- can be replenished naturally
- many individuals of the same species
- worldwide outbreak
- series of wide flat steps built on slopes
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- nonliving
- A plants process of creating sugar
- living or once-living
- convert objects to raw material to reuse
- one living being
- many individuals of different species
- amount of a harmful chemical that a person ingests
- burns waste to reduce volume and mass
- stored energy
- all portions of the earth where life exists
- produced by livestock operations and humans
- residual nonorganic material that does not combust
- A species' role in its environment
25 Clues: nonliving • stored energy • one living being • worldwide outbreak • living or once-living • eats plants or animals • recycling organic matter • can be replenished naturally • regional large scale outbreak • only eats animals it has killed • A plants process of creating sugar • A species' role in its environment • moving energy with mass and velocity • ...
Environmental Health 2022-09-07
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- THE EFFECTS OF CERTAIN FACTORS IN THE ENVIRONMENT ON PEOPLES HEALTH AND WELL BEING
- TO MAKE LESS
- A MEDICAL PROBLEM THAT MAKES PEOPLE UNWELL WHEN THEY TOUCH OR BEATHE THE SUBSTANCES THAT AFFECT THEM
- OVERALL PLANS
- SPRAYS THAT KILL INSECTS
- A DANGER THAT YOU MAY BECOME ILL
- PRODUCING THINGS IN FACTORIES
- THE ACTION OF MAKING THE AIR, RIVERS OR SOIL DIRTY OR DANGEROUS
- WASTE IN THE WRONG SPACE
- AN AREA OF UNDERDEVELOPED LAND IN AN URBAN AREA
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- ITEMS SUCH AS BATTERIES, PAINT, CHEMICALS, INSECTICIDES, MEDICINES AND HOUSEHOLD CLEANERS
- THE WASHING AWAY OF SOIL
- RELATING TO THE HOME
- A PLACE WHERE WASTE MATERIAL IS BURIED
- A SPECIAL MIXTURE OF NATURAL THINGS USED TO MAKE PLANTS GROW WELL
- TO DO SOMETHING TO MATERIALS SUCH AS PAPER AND GLASS SO THAT THEY CAN BE USED AGAIN
- PLANT FOOD
- LAYERS OF GAS SURROUNDING THE EARTH
- MADE BY PEOPLE, NOT NATURAL
- GAS ESSENTIAL FOR KEEPING US ALIVE
20 Clues: PLANT FOOD • TO MAKE LESS • OVERALL PLANS • RELATING TO THE HOME • THE WASHING AWAY OF SOIL • SPRAYS THAT KILL INSECTS • WASTE IN THE WRONG SPACE • MADE BY PEOPLE, NOT NATURAL • PRODUCING THINGS IN FACTORIES • A DANGER THAT YOU MAY BECOME ILL • GAS ESSENTIAL FOR KEEPING US ALIVE • LAYERS OF GAS SURROUNDING THE EARTH • A PLACE WHERE WASTE MATERIAL IS BURIED • ...
Environmental science 2022-09-11
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- zone of leaching or elevation found in some acidic soils under the o horizon
- the process of looking for minerals, metals, and precious stones in river sediments
- the ability of a particular soil to absorb and release cations
- composed of primarily mineral material with little organic matter
- the removal of strips of soil and rock to expose ore
- the loss of some or all of a soils abilities to support plant growth
- a concentrated accumulation of minerals from which economically valuable materials can be extracted
- the known quantity of a resource that can be economically recovered
- the breakdown of rocks and minerals by chemical reactions and/or the dissolving of chemical elements from rocks
- used when the desired resource is more than 100 m below the surface
- defined by distinctive physical features
- the proportion of soil bases ti soil acids
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- a mining technique that creates a large visible pit or hole in the ground
- a mining technique in which the entire top of a mountain is removed with explosives
- The average concentration of an element in earths crust
- high in sulfuric acid and nitric acid from reactions between water vapor and sulfur and nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere, also known as acid rain
- unwanted waste material created during mining including mineral and other residues that are left behind
- zone of organic material and minerals that have been mixed together
- the underlying rock material from which the inorganic components of a soil are derived
- an element with properties that allow it to conduct electricity and heat energy
- the physical removal of rock fragments from a landscape or ecosystem
- the mechanical breakdown of rocks and minerals
- the organic horizon at the surface of many soils
- the most fully decomposed organic matter in the lowest section of the o horizon
- the least weathered soil horizon
25 Clues: the least weathered soil horizon • defined by distinctive physical features • the proportion of soil bases ti soil acids • the mechanical breakdown of rocks and minerals • the organic horizon at the surface of many soils • the removal of strips of soil and rock to expose ore • The average concentration of an element in earths crust • ...
Environmental Terms 2022-11-14
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- genetic factors are responsible for susceptibility to toxic exposures (3)
- a means by public and environmental professionals partner to assess public health issues (4)
- is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income (2)
- four major routes by which a chemical may enter the body (3)
- air contaminants orginating from major stationary sources (2)
- program that includes caulking and sealing cracks and holes larger than a 16th of an inch, eating in one place in the home to consolidate the area that must be cleaned, getting rid of clutter(3)
- outdoor air surrounding a place or structure (2)
- time between the host is infected by a pathogen to become infected (2)
- set of major air pollutants (3)
- elevated levels of lead(BLL-3)
- physical contact with a toxic chemical
- Substances accumulating over time in the body
- health care as a means for transferring care between two members of the health-care team, in this case the visiting PHN and the primary care provider who would be able to further assess (2)
- is a branch of public health protection that is concerned with all aspects of the natural and built environment (2)
- concern of long-term effects on the health of populations related to climate change (2)
- is a model building code developed by the International Code Council (3)
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- exposure to a concentration of a specific chemical in the main environmental media (air, soil, water, sediment)(2)
- pollutants generated by transportation sources (2)
- current air quality (3)
- air pollution in a specific area (3)
- passed by Congress in 1974, with amendments added in 1986 and 1996, to protect our drinking water (4)
- process of identifying what hazards currently exist or may appear in the workplace (2)
- smaller sources of emission (gas stations)(2)
- human-made surroundings for human activities (2)
- degree to which a chemical substance or a particular mixture of substances can damage an organism
- time over which only half of the amount is excreted of more than 20 years (2)
26 Clues: current air quality (3) • elevated levels of lead(BLL-3) • set of major air pollutants (3) • air pollution in a specific area (3) • physical contact with a toxic chemical • smaller sources of emission (gas stations)(2) • Substances accumulating over time in the body • outdoor air surrounding a place or structure (2) • human-made surroundings for human activities (2) • ...
Environmental pollution 2022-11-08
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- An air pollutant that is the main source of greenhouse gases
- layer This layer is located in the stratosphere and protect us from UV solar rays
- A chemical pollutant used in agriculture to end the plages
- A physical pollutant that affects soil
- dioxide a chemical air pollutant that produces acid rain in contact with water
- spill This is a common accident from oil companies
- metals This is an important water pollutant from industries. It may contain, mercury,iron,lead
- change This is a general problem due to the increment of greenhouse gases
- It is a secondary pollutant of the air. It is the product of a reaction
- Its a biological pollutant mostly present in the hospitals
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- It is important for agricultural but in excess can be a dangerous soil pollutant
- This is a property of a sustance that causes cancer
- A characteristic of a harmful substance
- a chemical artificial pollutant commonly used at home
- fuels The combustion of these fuels produces greenhouse gases
- The action of developing activities to restore and renovate the environment
- Biological water pollutant from hospitals
- Virus and bacteria can be classified as
- A chemical pollutant usually obtained from textile industry
- These chemical pollutants are the cause of the deterioration of ozone layer
20 Clues: A physical pollutant that affects soil • A characteristic of a harmful substance • Virus and bacteria can be classified as • Biological water pollutant from hospitals • spill This is a common accident from oil companies • This is a property of a sustance that causes cancer • a chemical artificial pollutant commonly used at home • ...
environmental science 2018-12-12
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- largest group of organisms in which 2 individuals can produce fertile offspring
- The study of how organisms interact with each other.
- members of a species that live in the same area at the same time
- a storm with a violent wind, in particular, a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean
- able to meet current demand for a resource without depending the future supply
- the variety of organisms in an area
- the extinction of an organism or species in one area
- a large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush
- change over time
- anything an organism needs to survive
- any part of an ecosystem that is living or used to be living
- an overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines, especially over what is normally dry land.
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- an organisms habitat resource use and fundamental role in a community
- anything that makes up earth and its atmosphere
- a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.
- the process by which new species are generated
- defined as a branch of biology focused on the study of the relationships of the natural world and the relationships between organisms and their environments.
- all living things and their physical environments
- a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
- destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system
- the disappearance of species from earth
- a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
22 Clues: change over time • the variety of organisms in an area • anything an organism needs to survive • the disappearance of species from earth • the process by which new species are generated • anything that makes up earth and its atmosphere • all living things and their physical environments • The study of how organisms interact with each other. • ...
Environmental system 2020-08-25
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- Get the independence of India.
- Scientist, meteorologist, writer famous for the Gaia hypothesis.
- Link the water contaminated because of a bomb that cause the outbreak of cholera in Londres.
- America's first environmentalist.
- Notable figure in science and therapeutic medisin.
- The great increase in production of food grains and better management techniques.
- Nobel prize winner for his micro-credits system.
- Evolution Homosapiens.
- Lider of the movement "New thinking".
- recieve the Nobel prize.
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- One of the first conservation thinkers.
- Marin biologist who put in march the modern ambiental consciousness.
- One of the first Demographers.
- American environmentalist who warned of the dangers of overpopulation.
- Discover the cure and create Inmunity to Viruela.
- Danish economist focused on the development of agriculture and its relation to population growth.
- Published more than 300 articles about nature.
- The first African American woman
- Implement ational parks and national forests in the United States.
- A day where people collect garbage, plant trees, sign petitions.
- Published "Walden" and "Civil disobedience".
21 Clues: Evolution Homosapiens. • recieve the Nobel prize. • Get the independence of India. • One of the first Demographers. • The first African American woman • America's first environmentalist. • Lider of the movement "New thinking". • One of the first conservation thinkers. • Published "Walden" and "Civil disobedience". • Published more than 300 articles about nature. • ...
Environmental systems 2020-09-01
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- It was a period of transformation from agriculture to industries, manufacturated, economy and machines
- English naturalist, most influence scientist, idea of the biological evolution
- American biologist well known for her writings on environmental pollution and the natural history of the sea
- It just happened to sit atop 21,000 tons of toxic industrial waste that had been buried underground in the 1940s and 50s by a local company
- Influencer in the political economy, he promote the theory of the economy rent
- This happened between the 1940’s and 60’s, it was a period when productivity of global agriculture increased drastically as a result of new advances
- technology developments to solve environmental issues
- Learning science is like learning...
- Worlds worst industrial disaster
- This time was a period of growth in the agricultural technology
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- This environmental disaster mandated that industrialized nations cut their green house gas emissions at a time when the great threat of global warming was growing rapidly
- On April 22 of 1970, 20 million people took the streets across the USA to protest environmental destruction
- Recognition that nature has its own instrinsic value
- Humans must sustainably manage the global system, population control, economic growth with taxes and laws
- Lethal smog that covered the city of London for five days, caused by a combination of industrial pollution and high pressure weather conditions
- A world view diagram that shapes the way an individual group of people perceive an evaluate environmental issues
- He is the father of the modern epidemiology
- All organisms and ecosystems have a bio right to survive una faced by humans
- Nations agree to reduce CFE use
- This organization was founded in 1917,it's main purpose is to create more conscious generations about encrionmentalism and peace
- Named the father of the immunology, he has saved more lives than any other person
21 Clues: Nations agree to reduce CFE use • Worlds worst industrial disaster • Learning science is like learning... • He is the father of the modern epidemiology • Recognition that nature has its own instrinsic value • technology developments to solve environmental issues • This time was a period of growth in the agricultural technology • ...
Environmental Science 2023-05-08
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- Number of offspring needed to keep population steady; 2.1 for humans
- All the organisms of one species in an area
- Organism that must eat other organisms for energy
- Succession that begins with bare rock and is slower
- Relationship where one species benefits, the other is unaffected
- Succession that begins with soil and is faster
- Organism that can make its own food
- Process where organisms use light to make food
- Study of human populations
- Type of gas that traps heat in the atmosphere
- All the organisms of all species in an area
- Stretching of waves by objects moving away
- Energy type that can be easily replaced; wind, solar, hydro
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- Rocks made from other rocks under heat and pressure
- Rocks made from pieces of other rocks or organisms
- Relationship where one species benefits, the other is harmed
- Energy type that cannot be easily replaced; coal, oil, nuclear
- Squeezing of waves by objects getting closer
- All continents joined in one landmass; Pangaea
- Rocks made from molten rock; magma or lava
- Relationship where both species benefit
21 Clues: Study of human populations • Organism that can make its own food • Relationship where both species benefit • Rocks made from molten rock; magma or lava • Stretching of waves by objects moving away • All the organisms of one species in an area • All the organisms of all species in an area • Squeezing of waves by objects getting closer • ...
Environmental Vocabulary 2023-03-24
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- the fact or process of a species, family, or other group of animals or plants having no living members
- the action of clearing a large area of trees
- all the variety of life that can be found on Earth - plants, animals, fungi & micro-organisms
- to lower the quality of something
- the action of making practical and effective use of something
- energy energy from a source that is not depleted when used, such as wind or solar power
- relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town
- relating to, or characteristic of a town or city
- something that affects the environment
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- the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism
- farming a way of producing large amounts of crops, by using chemicals and machines which can damage the environment
- fuels fuels made from decomposing plants and animals found in the Earth's crust containing carbon and hydrogen, which can be burned for energy - coal, oil, and natural gas are examples
- activity impact on the physical environment - overpopulation, pollution, burning fossil fuels, and deforestation
- to have a strong effect on someone or something
- gasses any gas that has the property of absorbing infrared radiation (net heat energy) emitted from Earth's surface and reradiating it back to the surface
- existing in or caused by nature; not made or caused by humankind
- change a long-term change in the average weather patterns that have come to define Earth's local, regional and global climates
- the process of becoming progressively worse
- warming a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants.
- a substance used for destroying insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants or to animals
20 Clues: to lower the quality of something • something that affects the environment • the process of becoming progressively worse • the action of clearing a large area of trees • to have a strong effect on someone or something • relating to, or characteristic of a town or city • the action of making practical and effective use of something • ...
Environmental Issues 2023-06-12
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- - Essential natural resource for all life forms
- - Variety of plant and animal species in an ecosystem
- - Sustainable energy sources
- - Increase in acidity of oceans due to carbon dioxide absorption
- - Pertaining to the entire world
- - Gradual wearing away of land by natural forces
- - Reusing materials to reduce waste
- - Protection and preservation of natural resources
- - Animals in their natural habitat
- - Contamination of the environment
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- - Excessive number of people in a given area
- - Clearing of forests for agriculture or development
- - Natural home or environment of a plant or animal
- - Community of organisms and their environment
- - Element found in greenhouse gases
- - Unwanted or discarded materials
- - Disappearance of a species from the Earth
- - Synthetic material that contributes to pollution
- - Long-term weather patterns
- - Protective layer in the Earth's atmosphere
20 Clues: - Sustainable energy sources • - Long-term weather patterns • - Pertaining to the entire world • - Unwanted or discarded materials • - Animals in their natural habitat • - Contamination of the environment • - Element found in greenhouse gases • - Reusing materials to reduce waste • - Disappearance of a species from the Earth • - Excessive number of people in a given area • ...
Environmental issues 2023-03-14
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- saatatud põhjavesi
- päikeseenergia
- teadlik olema
- keskkonnakaitsjate grupid
- ideega lagedale tulema
- vaesus
- ökoloogiline jalajälg
- säilitama, hoidma
- vältimatu
- langus, vähenemine
- evakueerima
- ohus olema
- loodusvarud
- õhu kvaliteet
- lahendus millelegi
- elamiskõlbatu
- vee-energia
- hülgama, maha jätma
- biolagunev (kile)
- uppumine, vajumine
- põhivajadused
- veepuudus
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- süsihappegaas
- keskkonnasõbralikku transpordi kasutama
- metsatulekahju
- tihe liiklus
- katastroofi ennustama
- energiaallikad
- osoonikihi hõrenemine
- fossiilkütused
- põhiideed esitama
- korallrahu
- keskkonnasõbralik
- põllusaaki
- näljahäda
- mõju keskkonnale
- looduslikud elupaigad
- hinda maksma (ka kaudses tähenduses)
- metsaraie
- pinnaseerosioon
- tasakaal
- heitgaasid
- mõjutama, mõju avaldama
- elektriautod
44 Clues: vaesus • tasakaal • näljahäda • metsaraie • vältimatu • veepuudus • korallrahu • põllusaaki • heitgaasid • ohus olema • evakueerima • loodusvarud • vee-energia • tihe liiklus • elektriautod • süsihappegaas • teadlik olema • õhu kvaliteet • elamiskõlbatu • põhivajadused • metsatulekahju • energiaallikad • päikeseenergia • fossiilkütused • pinnaseerosioon • mõju keskkonnale • põhiideed esitama • keskkonnasõbralik • säilitama, hoidma • ...
Environmental Sciences 2023-04-03
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- Organisms that make their own food
- individual living things
- Place where an organism lives
- A consumer that eats only animals.
- contains seeds or pollen which allow the plant to reproduce
- An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
- absorb light and carry out photosynthesis
- A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.
- all the living and nonliving things that interact in an area
- organisms that make their own food (plants)
- an organism's role in its environment
- What eats this organism
- What an organism eats
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- Plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars and oxygen
- living things
- non-living things
- Organisms that eat living producers and/or other consumers for food.
- A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
- A consumer that eats only plants.
- Types of habitats
- Transports water and nutrients from the roots to the leaves and flower
- An animal that eats both plants and animals
- organism that obtains energy from the foods it consumes; also called a consumer
- Absorbs water and minerals from the ground. Anchors plant in ground.
24 Clues: living things • non-living things • Types of habitats • What an organism eats • What eats this organism • individual living things • Place where an organism lives • A consumer that eats only plants. • Organisms that make their own food • A consumer that eats only animals. • an organism's role in its environment • absorb light and carry out photosynthesis • ...
Environmental Awareness 2023-07-26
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- - Practices or products that are not harmful to the environment.
- - The practice of converting waste into reusable materials.
- - Protected area to conserve wildlife and habitats.
- - The effort to protect and maintain water quality.
- - The natural world and surroundings we live in.
- - To protect and preserve natural resources.
- - Harmful substances released into the environment.
- - The variety of life and ecosystems on Earth.
- - The improvement of air quality was a significant concern.
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- - Environmental organization founded in the 1970s to protect nature.
- - The study of the relationship between organisms and their environment.
- - Animals and plants in their natural habitats.
- - Sustainable energy sources like solar and wind.
- - Species facing a high risk of extinction.
- - The long-term weather patterns of a region or the Earth.
- - Contamination of air, water, or soil by harmful substances.
- - A community of living organisms and their environment.
- - An advocate for the protection of the environment.
- - The planet we call home, a key focus of environmental awareness.
- - Accidental release of oil into the environment, causing damage.
20 Clues: - Species facing a high risk of extinction. • - To protect and preserve natural resources. • - The variety of life and ecosystems on Earth. • - Animals and plants in their natural habitats. • - The natural world and surroundings we live in. • - Sustainable energy sources like solar and wind. • - Protected area to conserve wildlife and habitats. • ...
Environmental science 2023-12-07
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- something that eats producers
- when one change in species affects others
- maximum population a species can have in an environment
- organisms that can breed and produce offspring
- multiple environments that are similar climate
- patterns of how a population is laid out
- the earth
- nonliving
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- groups of different species in an area
- livingeffectonliving things and their effect on each other
- lots of different species in an environment
- species that is necessary for the environment
- living
- group of species in an area
- how much population in an area
- Something that limits a species' ability to grow
- an animal job
- growth rapid growth followed by a flattening
- all the living and nonliving things and their effect on each other
- rapid growth in a population
20 Clues: living • the earth • nonliving • an animal job • group of species in an area • rapid growth in a population • something that eats producers • how much population in an area • groups of different species in an area • patterns of how a population is laid out • when one change in species affects others • lots of different species in an environment • ...
Environmental Problems 2023-12-06
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- The impact humans leave on an environment
- Spilling contaminants into nature
- Exceeding max capacity
- Name one thing Overpopulation causes
- name one renewable source
- Benefiting off a natural resource (Poaching)
- Wrote Sand county Almanac about management about wildlife
- The study of the natural world and how we affect it.
- pleasing to look at
- Manage resources
- Depletion of natural resources
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- First directer of the U.S. Forest service
- Name one thing pollution causes
- made a national wildlife reserve for the Brown pelican
- Variety of life in nature
- protect nature from danger
- wrote a book about pesticides.
- Name one nonrenewable source
- Vaccines,and anti-venom
- Nature writer and established Yosemite National park
- To keep the ecosystem in balance
21 Clues: Manage resources • pleasing to look at • Exceeding max capacity • Vaccines,and anti-venom • Variety of life in nature • name one renewable source • protect nature from danger • Name one nonrenewable source • wrote a book about pesticides. • Depletion of natural resources • Name one thing pollution causes • To keep the ecosystem in balance • Spilling contaminants into nature • ...
Environmental Systems 2023-12-13
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- The _____ is the solid part of the Earth that includes the land, rocks, and minerals. It extends from the Earth's surface down to its core.
- The environmental impact of ______ includes the increased consumption of non-renewable resources.
- is defined as native (or indigenous) to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention
- Variety of organisms in an ecosystem or biome
- Those that can be naturally replaced over time (e.g., sunlight, wind, forests).
- The transfer of thermal energy, in a liquid or gas, in which the warmer substance rises and the cooler substance sinks; forms a current is called ____.
- involves both the place where an organism lives and the roles that an organism has in its habitat.
- Those that are finite and cannot be quickly replaced (e.g., fossil fuels, minerals).
- The transfer of energy through matter by colliding particles (direct contact) is called ____.
- Global warming leads to rising sea levels, volatile weather patterns and could cause significant
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- Beneficial relationships between organisms
- Examples of _____ resources are forests, animals, birds, fish, and marine organisms
- The ______ encompasses all of Earth's water in the form of oceans, rivers, lakes, glaciers, groundwater, and atmospheric water vapor.
- The process of energy changing from one form to another is called?
- All of Earth’s air; divided into troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and ionosphere. Is defined as what?
- Examples of _____ factors include sunlight, water, air, humidity, pH, temperature, salinity, precipitation, altitude, type of soil, minerals, wind, dissolved oxygen, mineral nutrients present in the soil, air and water
- the ability to maintain an ecological balance in our planet's natural environment and conserve natural resources to support the wellbeing of current and future generations.
- All of Earth’s life forms as distributed in biomes, such as tundra, boreal forest, is called?
- is defined as "The core, mantle, and crust of the Earth"
- Tool used to identify species of organisms using opposing observable characteristics:
- defined as A major ecological community (large region of land) with a distinct climate and specific plants and animals.
21 Clues: Beneficial relationships between organisms • Variety of organisms in an ecosystem or biome • is defined as "The core, mantle, and crust of the Earth" • The process of energy changing from one form to another is called? • Those that can be naturally replaced over time (e.g., sunlight, wind, forests). • ...
Environmental Science 2023-12-18
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- "If, then" question that can be tested
- Diagram showing all feeding relationships (2 words)
- Force of air pushing down on us due to gravity (2 words)
- Weather front that doesn't move; blue triangles & red circles
- Succession that begins with soil already present
- Second most common element in the atmosphere
- Area of the planet classified by the plants and animals it contains
- Most common element in the atmosphere
- All members of one species in one area
- Layer of atmosphere where all weather happens
- Anything that limits the size of a population (2 words)
- Relationship where host is harmed, other organism benefits
- Type of community present when succession ends; usually trees
- Climatographs show the temperature and ___________ of a biome
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- Role an organism plays in its habitat
- Boundary between mesosphere and thermosphere
- Number of organisms an area can support (2 words)
- Population of organisms that can reproduce & have offspring that can also reproduce
- Long-term weather patterns of an area
- Succession that does not begin with soil present
- Specific atmospheric conditions that change each day
- Slow recovery of an ecosystem after a disturbance
- Scientific term for an organism that eats other organisms; consumer
- Number of different species in an environment
- First species to move into a new environment
- Protects Earth's surface from UV radiation; in stratosphere
- Species not native to an area harming biodiversity
- Levels on energy pyramid based on how much energy the organism has(2 words)
- Relationship where both species benefit
- All members of all species in one area
30 Clues: Role an organism plays in its habitat • Long-term weather patterns of an area • Most common element in the atmosphere • "If, then" question that can be tested • All members of one species in one area • All members of all species in one area • Relationship where both species benefit • Boundary between mesosphere and thermosphere • ...
Environmental Science 2023-12-18
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- Force of air pushing down on us due to gravity (2 words)
- Most common element in the atmosphere
- Climatographs show the temperature and ________ of a biome
- Specific atmospheric conditions that change each day
- All members of one species in an area
- Type of community present when succession ends; usually trees
- Level on an energy pyramid based on how much energy the organism has (2 words)
- Anything that limits the size of a population (2 words)
- "If, then" question that can be tested
- Scientific term for an organism that eats other organisms; consumer
- Measurement of the number of different species in an environment
- Relationship where both species benefit
- Succession that does not begin with soil present
- Area of the planet classified by the plants and animals it contains
- Role organism plays in its habitat
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- First species to move into a new environment; usually moss & lichen
- Population of organisms that can reproduce & have offspring that can also reproduce
- Protects Earth's surface from UV radiation; in stratosphere (2 words)
- All members of all species in an area
- Number of organisms an area can support (2 words)
- Boundary between mesosphere and thermosphere
- Slow recovery of an ecosystem after a disturbance
- species not native to an area harming biodiversity
- Second most common element in the atmosphere
- Relationship where host is harmed, other organism benefits
- Diagram showing all feeding relationships (2 words)
- Succession that begins with soil already present
- Weather front that doesn't move; blue triangles & red circles
- Layer of atmosphere where all weather happens
- Long-term weather patterns of an area
30 Clues: Role organism plays in its habitat • All members of all species in an area • Most common element in the atmosphere • All members of one species in an area • Long-term weather patterns of an area • "If, then" question that can be tested • Relationship where both species benefit • Boundary between mesosphere and thermosphere • Second most common element in the atmosphere • ...
Environmental Science 2023-09-06
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- comprises all types of water resources oceans, seas lakes, rivers, streams, reservoir, polar icecaps, glaciers and ground water
- a compound found mainly in living things
- the study of interactions among physical, chemical, and biological components of the environment and the solution of the environmental problems.
- study of the sources, reactions, transport, effects, and fates of chemical species in the hydrosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere .
- it is the outer mantle of the solid earth.
- economic, social and political elements are essentially man-made features, which make cultural mileu
- the study of the interactions between life and its physical environment.
- it is a common substance on planet Earth
- organized body of knowledge that is obtained by study and experimentation
- it is often measured in calories
- the energy stored in molecules and chemical compounds
- determine the variable character of the human habitat, its opportunities as well as limitations.
- it is the ability to do work
- it is the smallest particle of an element that still has the properties of the element
- it is the main element in organic compounds, so carbon is essential to life on Earth
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- it is generally expressed in kilowatt-hours (kWh)
- it is the protective blanket of gases surrounding the Earth
- the vast majority of our people directly dependent on the nature resources of their country for their basic needs
- a widely accepted hypothesis that stads the test of line
- where life operates
- it is a substance that consists of two or more elements
- it is the study of energy
- a substance that forms as a result of a chemical reaction
- anything that takes up space and has mass.
- the energy that comes from the temperature of the heated substance
- it is the energy in the nucleus, oe core of an atom
- it is a pure substance, it cannot be broken down into other types of substance
- it isthe sum of all the biochemical reactions in an organism
- it is a process that changes some chemical substances into others
- it is done when force is applied to an object over distance
30 Clues: where life operates • it is the study of energy • it is the ability to do work • it is often measured in calories • a compound found mainly in living things • it is a common substance on planet Earth • anything that takes up space and has mass. • it is the outer mantle of the solid earth. • it is generally expressed in kilowatt-hours (kWh) • ...
Environmental issues 2023-10-15
20 Clues: suša • vrsta • obalni • uragan • bolest • oborine • utjecaj • erozija • poplava • oskudica • poremećaj • posljedice • izumiranje • slatkovodan • krčenje šuma • raseljavanje • poljoprivreda • bioraznolikost • zakiseljavanje • toplinski valovi
Environmental Vocabulary 2024-01-29
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- Cutting down large areas;forests
- Tidying up garbage
- Farm in the city
- Old-fashioned wind machine
- Limited fuel source
- Can be maintained over time
- Converts wind energy into electricity
- Individual impact on the environment
- What farmers grow
- Gas for vehicles
- Top of a building
- Dirt where plants grow
- Water levels increasing
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- Wind or solar power
- Good for the Earth
- Chopping Trees in one area
- Trash on the ground
- Artificial or abnormal in nature
- Place where trash is disposed
- Unwanted, discarded stuff
- Facility for harnessing wind power
- Balance in nature
- Effect for a long time
- Dirty stuff in the air or water
- Eco-conscious characteristic
- Too many people in one place
- Not much left
- Earth's increasing temperatures
- Trash you throw away
- What you hear
30 Clues: Not much left • What you hear • Farm in the city • Gas for vehicles • Balance in nature • What farmers grow • Top of a building • Good for the Earth • Tidying up garbage • Wind or solar power • Trash on the ground • Limited fuel source • Trash you throw away • Effect for a long time • Dirt where plants grow • Water levels increasing • Unwanted, discarded stuff • Chopping Trees in one area • ...
Environmental Science 2023-10-23
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- - An organism that primarily feeds on plants.
- - A form of adaptation that helps organisms blend into their environment.
- - The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
- Radiation - The diversification of a single ancestral species into many species occupying different ecological niches.
- - Small-scale evolutionary changes within a population.
- - The specific place where an organism lives.
- Succession - Ecological succession in an area with previously established communities.
- - The role or position of an organism within its ecosystem.
- Selection - A type of natural selection related to the mating preferences of individuals.
- Pressure - Environmental factors that influence which traits are advantageous.
- Fragmentation - The division of ecosystems into smaller, isolated patches.
- - An organism that primarily feeds on other animals.
- - Resemblance of one species to another for protection or deception.
- - A group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring.
- - An organism that hunts and consumes other organisms.
- - Interaction between two different species living in close proximity.
- Species - Non-native organisms that can harm local ecosystems.
- - A community of organisms and their physical environment.
- Evolution - The independent evolution of similar traits in unrelated species.
- - An organism that lives in a mutually beneficial relationship with another organism.
- - The act of one organism consuming another for food.
- - The process in which two species evolve in response to each other.
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- - The observable physical or behavioral characteristics of an organism.
- - Organisms that create their own food through photosynthesis.
- Community - All the populations of different species in a specific area.
- - A type of symbiotic relationship where one species benefits at the expense of the other.
- Patterns - Seasonal movements of organisms from one region to another.
- - A trait or characteristic that increases an organism's fitness in its environment.
- Variation - Differences in the genetic makeup of individuals within a population.
- - An organism that feeds on decaying organic matter.
- Partitioning - The division of limited resources by different species to avoid competition.
- Change - Long-term alterations in the Earth's temperature and weather patterns.
- Frequency - The proportion of a particular allele in a population's gene pool.
- - Organisms that break down dead organic matter.
- Capacity - The maximum population size an environment can sustain.
- - The ability of different species to live together in the same habitat without excluding one another.
- - A type of symbiotic relationship where both species benefit.
- - The process by which species change over time.
- - Interaction among organisms for limited resources.
- Selection - The process by which beneficial traits become more common in a population.
40 Clues: - An organism that primarily feeds on plants. • - The specific place where an organism lives. • - Organisms that break down dead organic matter. • - The process by which species change over time. • - An organism that feeds on decaying organic matter. • - An organism that primarily feeds on other animals. • - Interaction among organisms for limited resources. • ...
Environmental Science 2023-10-19
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- advancement in technology, such as machinery, medicine, chemicals
- change from hunter gather lifestyle, domestication of plants and animals
- all living and nonliving things and how they interact
- comes from solid and liquid particles and certain gases in the air.
- provides the necessities to allow an ecosystem to function
- imaginary lines that measure how far North or South you are from the Equator
- The part of earth where life is found.
- take a long time to replenish or once they are used, they will be gone forever.
- process of converting Nitrogen gas to solid
- gas in the Earth's atmosphere that can trap heat from the Sun
- places value on each and every organism, including humans
- made of rocks, minerals, and soil
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- when a shared "common" resources that is unregulated, people will consume it at a selfish rate
- jobs done by the environment to control and maintain life.
- Made of the gases surrounding the earth, Mostly Nitrogen & Oxygen
- non-material benefits that people obtain from the ecosystem
- naturally replenish themselves over time
- Natural process that helps keep our planet warm
- places the most value on humans and human well being
- things people get directly from the ecosystem
- Made of all the water that is on the Earth’s surface, underground and in the air.
- places value on the ecosystem or community as a whole instead of individually.
- long term pattern of weather in a area
- the physical characteristics of land
- Science study of ecology and how humans affect the environment and how to address environmental problems
25 Clues: made of rocks, minerals, and soil • the physical characteristics of land • long term pattern of weather in a area • The part of earth where life is found. • naturally replenish themselves over time • process of converting Nitrogen gas to solid • things people get directly from the ecosystem • Natural process that helps keep our planet warm • ...
Environmental Science 2024-03-18
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- Energy flow through an ecosystem
- Direct economic benefit
- Contain only carbon and hydrogen
- All the populations in the same area
- Structure made of one or more tissue
- Basic unit
- Anything that has mass and takes up space
- Abiotic and biotic factors in an area
- Number of individuals per unit of area
- Contain carbon
- Individual with more than one organ system
- Same element with different mass
- Recreational, inspirational, or spiritual
- Similar ecosystem with similar environments
- Our obligation to allow life to continue in an area
- Group of same kinds of cells
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- Number of same species in a specific area
- Nonliving things
- Charge= 0
- Group of organs that work together
- Living things
- The ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level
- Charge= -1
- Two or more elements chemically bonded to make a new substance
- Total number of individuals
- I=PxAxT
- Charge= +1
- Protect the species in the area
- Part of the earth where life exists
- Same type of matter
30 Clues: I=PxAxT • Charge= 0 • Charge= -1 • Basic unit • Charge= +1 • Living things • Contain carbon • Nonliving things • Same type of matter • Direct economic benefit • Total number of individuals • Group of same kinds of cells • Protect the species in the area • Energy flow through an ecosystem • Contain only carbon and hydrogen • Same element with different mass • Group of organs that work together • ...
Environmental Vocab 2024-03-14
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- poisonous
- how much carbon you produce
- Collecting data in an experiment.
- What makes up our bodies' DNA.
- a huge fire in the forest
- Energy that passes electrical currents
- Animals that do not occur naturally in an environment.
- a tropical weather system with high winds
- The study of the environment and how humans impact it.
- A person or animal who moves to a different country or area.
- The ability to let future generations have resources.
- anything water related
- rising temperature on earth
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- an opening in the Earth's crust where lava escapes
- The cycle that sustains all life on Earth
- huge changes in temperatures
- the industry of capturing fish from the ocean
- when a lot of species die off
- a large ice block at the north and south poles
- plant or animals that cause harm to a new environment
- Digging for resources in the ground
- Moving people or products from one area to the next
- a body of salt water that goes around the world
- a shore along the ocean with sand
- a dangerous condition including rain and wind
- At least two different species living in the same area.
26 Clues: poisonous • anything water related • a huge fire in the forest • how much carbon you produce • rising temperature on earth • huge changes in temperatures • when a lot of species die off • What makes up our bodies' DNA. • Collecting data in an experiment. • a shore along the ocean with sand • Digging for resources in the ground • Energy that passes electrical currents • ...
Environmental Science 2024-03-08
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- Addition of water to plants to supplement that provided by rain or snow
- Movement of water to surface, to atmosphere, to surface
- Dead plant and animal tissue that originates from living sources such as plants, animals, insects, and microbes
- Of or pertaining to the household
- An area of land with little to no rainfall
- Compound that exists in limited quantities about 15 mile’s above the Earth’s surface
- Colorless, odorless, and tasteless mixture of gases
- Formation of rain and snow
- A process in which energy and carbon dioxide are released due to digestion or the breakdown of plant tissues during periods of darkness
- Chemical used to control pests
- Clear, colorless, tasteless, and nearly odorless liquid
- Pale-yellow element occurring widely in nature
- Free of harmful chemicals and organisms
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- Wearing away
- Process in which chlorophyll in green plants enables those plants to use light to manufacture sugar from carbon dioxide and water
- Interdependence of plants or animals on each other for food
- Close-growing crop planted to protect the soil and prevent erosion
- Town having a harbor for ships to take on cargo
- Material that dissolves or otherwise changes most other materials
- Material that supplies nutrients for plants
- Material placed on soil to break the fall of raindrops (preventing erosion), prevent weeds from growing, or improve the appearance of the area
- Changing from a liquid to a vapor or gas
- Area of type of environment in which an organism or biological population normally lives
- Amount and type of nutrients in the soil
- Any organism that adversely affects human activities
- Top layer of the earth’s surface suitable for the growth of plant life
- Level below which soil is saturated or filled with water
27 Clues: Wearing away • Formation of rain and snow • Chemical used to control pests • Of or pertaining to the household • Free of harmful chemicals and organisms • Changing from a liquid to a vapor or gas • Amount and type of nutrients in the soil • An area of land with little to no rainfall • Material that supplies nutrients for plants • ...
Environmental Science 2024-05-02
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- The upper layer, or story, in a forest that is formed by the tops of trees.
- A moving mass of frozen freshwater.
- The process by which the traits of a population of organisms change over many generations.
- One of the alternative forms of the gene for a genetic characteristic.
- The process by which water vapor changes into liquid water; the liquid water that collects when water vapor condenses.
- Describes matter that does not consist of molecules in which two or more carbon atoms are bonded to each other and to hydrogen atoms.
- The scientific study of plants.
- The cultivation of plants and animals for human use.
- A shaking of the ground produced by sudden movement at a fault.
- The movement of individuals out of the population in which they have been living.
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- Describes the variety of life on Earth. Biodiversity is the wide variety of ecosystems and living organisms.
- The process by which some organisms use light energy to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O) into organic matter and oxygen gas (O2).
- The imaginary line drawn through points at equal distances from the north and south poles, dividing Earth into two halves (the northern and southern hemispheres).
- A diagram that shows the feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem.
- No longer existing.
- The weather conditions, including temperature, rain, and wind, that are typical of a particular place.
- The outermost layer of the geosphere. The crust can be between 5 and 70 kilometers thick.
- An underground supply of water that is contained in a layer of permeable rock
- The process by which nitrates in the soil are converted back into atmospheric nitrogen gas.
- Small marine cnidarians that live in large colonies and form reefs of exoskeletons.
20 Clues: No longer existing. • The scientific study of plants. • A moving mass of frozen freshwater. • The cultivation of plants and animals for human use. • A shaking of the ground produced by sudden movement at a fault. • One of the alternative forms of the gene for a genetic characteristic. • The upper layer, or story, in a forest that is formed by the tops of trees. • ...
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY 2024-07-22
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- Balancing the amount of emitted greenhouse gases with the equivalent emissions offset.
- Organic material used as a fuel, especially in power stations for generating electricity.
- Something that can be broken down naturally by bacteria and other organisms.
- Energy, Heat energy generated and stored in the Earth.
- Discarded electronic appliances such as computers, TVs, and phones.
- Keeping something in its original or existing state.
- Emissions, Release of carbon, especially carbon dioxide, into the atmosphere.
- Using less energy to provide the same service.
- Farming, Farming without synthetic chemicals, focusing on natural processes.
- Products intended to be used once and then discarded.
- Change, Long-term changes in temperature and weather patterns.
- Energy, Energy from natural sources that can be replenished, like wind or solar power.
- Management, The process of collecting, transporting, and disposing of garbage and other waste products.
- Impact, The effect of human activities on the environment.
- The process by which soil and rock are removed from the Earth's surface by wind or water flow.
- Power, Electricity generated by using the energy of moving water.
- Planting trees in areas where there were no trees before.
- The variety of plant and animal life in a particular area.
- Development, Meeting current needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet theirs.
- Fuels, Natural fuels formed from the remains of living organisms, like coal, oil, and natural gas.
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- Reusing discarded objects or materials to create a product of higher quality.
- Cutting down trees and clearing forests.
- Love for nature and living things.
- Converting waste into reusable material.
- Converting organic waste into useful soil through natural processes.
- Water, Gently used water from sinks, showers, and laundry.
- Footprint, Measure of human impact on the environment.
- Not harmful to the environment.
- Energy, Power obtained from the sun's rays.
- Contamination of the environment with harmful substances.
- A community of living organisms and their environment.
- Conservation, Using water efficiently and avoiding waste.
- Warming, The gradual increase in the Earth's temperature due to human activities.
- Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment.
- Footprint, The amount of carbon dioxide released by a person, organization, or product.
- Energy, Power obtained from the wind using wind turbines.
36 Clues: Not harmful to the environment. • Love for nature and living things. • Cutting down trees and clearing forests. • Converting waste into reusable material. • Energy, Power obtained from the sun's rays. • Using less energy to provide the same service. • Keeping something in its original or existing state. • Products intended to be used once and then discarded. • ...
Environmental Vocabulary 2024-08-21
20 Clues: Emisi • Tanah • Kompos • Organik • Vegetasi • Pestisida • Penipisan • Kepunahan • Urbanisasi • Siklus air • Jejak karbon • Tenaga surya • Tenaga angin • Bisa terurai • Kualitas udara • Kendaraan hybrid • Bahan bakar fosil • Kepeluan penduduk • Tempat pembuangan sampah • Tenaga listrik hidroelektrik
Environmental Crossword 2024-08-21
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- The practice of farming that maintains the health of the environment.
- A type of forest that is rich in biodiversity.
- A major source of fresh water in many countries.
- This type of pollution affects oceans and marine life.
- Waste that cannot decompose naturally.
- The variety of life on Earth.
- This happens when pollutants enter water bodies.
- process of removing contaminants from water.
- The design of urban areas to be sustainable.
- A gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
- A type of infrastructure that provides safe drinking water).
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- The melting of these contributes to sea-level rise.
- The practice of managing water to reduce wastage.
- Cities that use resources efficiently and reduce waste.
- This type of pollution affects the quality of the air.
- An area of the ocean protected for biodiversity.
- This process by plants captures carbon dioxide.
- The loss of this leads to the extinction of species.
- Energy that comes from the sun.
- The process of converting waste into reusable material.
- A resource that can be replenished naturally).
21 Clues: The variety of life on Earth. • Energy that comes from the sun. • Waste that cannot decompose naturally. • process of removing contaminants from water. • The design of urban areas to be sustainable. • A type of forest that is rich in biodiversity. • A resource that can be replenished naturally). • This process by plants captures carbon dioxide. • ...
until 1 crossword labs 2022-10-14
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- in economics refers to when the demand for a resource is greater than the supply of that resource, as resources are limited.
- land is considered a factor of production, similar to labor, as one of the crucial elements in creating goods and services.
- In economics, needs are things that are essential for human survival,
- Cost is the value of the next-best alternative when a decision is made
- Possibilities Frontier
- is the process of discovering new ways of combining resources.
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- in economics, a want is something that is desired.
- economics is the study of the labor force as an element in the process of production.
- is employed in economics to refer to the fact that budgeting inevitably involves sacrificing some of X to get more of Y.
- something, often money or a prize, offered to make someone behave in a particular way:
- resources are input resources required in the production of goods and services.
- is typically cash or liquid assets being held or obtained for expenditures.
12 Clues: Possibilities Frontier • in economics, a want is something that is desired. • is the process of discovering new ways of combining resources. • In economics, needs are things that are essential for human survival, • Cost is the value of the next-best alternative when a decision is made • is typically cash or liquid assets being held or obtained for expenditures. • ...
S.E. Asia Economies 2021-11-19
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- obtain (goods or a service) from an outside or foreign supplier.
- a system of economics controlled by the private business sector.
- a system of economics based on traditions and customs.
- a system of money in general use in a particular country.
- exchange of (goods or services) for other goods or services without using money.
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- a system of economics that is a mixture of both market and command economies.
- a system of economics controlled by the government.
- the investment in domestic companies and assets of another country by a foreign investor.
- when a country focuses on the production of a limited variety of goods and services.
- a limit on the amount of imported goods.
- the amount that one country's currency is worth in comparison to another country's currency.
- obtain (goods or a service) from an outside or foreign supplier.
- a complete ban on trading.
- a tax on imported goods.
14 Clues: a tax on imported goods. • a complete ban on trading. • a limit on the amount of imported goods. • a system of economics controlled by the government. • a system of economics based on traditions and customs. • a system of money in general use in a particular country. • obtain (goods or a service) from an outside or foreign supplier. • ...
INTRODUCTION TO STATS 2020-04-19
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- data first hand information collected by ourselves
- data plural definition of stats
- welfare theory of economy
- it is combination of economics,maths and stats
- helps in making predictions and comparisions
- of data the most impotant step of statistical analysis
- methods singular defintion of stats
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- increases value of goods already produced
- marshal person who called economics study of mankind in ordinary life
- finance it studeis revenue and expenditure activities of country
- use of goods for satisfaction of human wants
- also known as capital formation
- data data already collected by other person
- BOWLEY person who called stats science of counting
14 Clues: welfare theory of economy • data plural definition of stats • also known as capital formation • methods singular defintion of stats • increases value of goods already produced • data data already collected by other person • use of goods for satisfaction of human wants • helps in making predictions and comparisions • it is combination of economics,maths and stats • ...
DONALD TRUMP 2021-12-02
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- owns a big boat
- attached name on many brands
- Has alot of money.
- Has no melanin
- Earned a bachelors degree in economics.
- fourth of five
- Owned living developments
- Supported by white suprmacist
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- 45th president
- Married to melania Trump
- four years as president
- Attended military academy.
- 75 years old.
- Born and raised in new york
- He owns several businesses.
15 Clues: 75 years old. • 45th president • Has no melanin • fourth of five • owns a big boat • Has alot of money. • four years as president • Married to melania Trump • Owned living developments • Attended military academy. • Born and raised in new york • He owns several businesses. • attached name on many brands • Supported by white suprmacist • Earned a bachelors degree in economics.
Kiribati: A drowning paradise 2024-08-25
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- An atoll in Kiribati where coastal erosion and rising seas are being combated with mangrove planting.
- Global phenomenon contributing to rising sea levels and increased vulnerability of small island nations.
- Man who sought asylum in New Zealand as the world's first climate refugee.
- Response The actions taken by Kiribati’s leadership to address the impacts of climate change.
- Ring-shaped coral islands surrounding lagoons, characteristic of Kiribati’s geography.
- A significant issue in Tarawa, exacerbating the environmental challenges in Kiribati.
- Increased salt levels in soil and water, making farming difficult in Kiribati.
- The state of being at risk, particularly how Kiribati is highly susceptible to the impacts of climate change.
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- Term for people displaced due to the effects of climate change.
- Level Rise Environmental issue causing the inundation of low-lying coastal areas in Kiribati.
- Coastal trees planted in Kiribati as a natural barrier against erosion.
- Sugar Traditional food source in Kiribati, affected by environmental changes.
- Capital of Kiribati and a focal point of overpopulation and environmental challenges.
- Pacific island nation facing existential threats due to climate change.
- Identity The unique traditions and way of life that are under threat in Kiribati due to environmental changes.
- Village in Kiribati that was relocated due to rising seas.
- Agricultural products like taro and coconut trees that are threatened by climate change in Kiribati.
- Wall A man-made barrier built to protect against wave erosion in Kiribati.
- The process of planting trees to restore and protect land, used in Kiribati to fight erosion.
- The ability of Kiribati’s people and ecosystems to withstand and recover from environmental challenges.
20 Clues: Village in Kiribati that was relocated due to rising seas. • Term for people displaced due to the effects of climate change. • Coastal trees planted in Kiribati as a natural barrier against erosion. • Pacific island nation facing existential threats due to climate change. • Wall A man-made barrier built to protect against wave erosion in Kiribati. • ...
Chapter One 2024-09-30
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- A line that connects all points of the same latitude
- One full _______ of the Earth dictates the length of one day
- The environmental sphere containing water
- Imaginary lines extending from pole to pole
- The environmental sphere containing rocks and minerals
- One __________ of the Earth around the sun marks a year
- The environmental sphere containing living things
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- A type of planet with a small, dense core surrounded by a large layer of gas
- The ___________ of the Earth's axis is the degree at which the Earth tilts
- Lines that measure the angle north to south of the equator
- The environmental sphere containing gasses and air
- A type of planet with a thin atmosphere around a large, rocky body
- Lines that measure the angle east to west of the
- The day of the year when the Earth is closest to the sun
- The environmental sphere containing ice
15 Clues: The environmental sphere containing ice • The environmental sphere containing water • Imaginary lines extending from pole to pole • Lines that measure the angle east to west of the • The environmental sphere containing living things • The environmental sphere containing gasses and air • A line that connects all points of the same latitude • ...
ครอสเวิร์ดเรื่องการดำรงอยู่ของพืช 2023-12-31
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- ovule ออวุล
- flower stem ก้านดอก
- anther อับเรณู
- cuttings การปักชำ
- Photosynthesis การสังเคราะห์แสง
- Fertilization การผสมเกสร
- Environmental adaptation การปรับตัวต่อสภาพแวดล้อม
- Pistil เกสรเพศเมีย
- Sugar synthesis การสังเคราะห์น้ำตาล
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- Nutrient absorption การดูดซึมสารอาหาร
- Calyx กลีบเลี้ยง
- Stamen เกสรเพศผู้
- Atmospheric adaptation การปรับตัวต่อสภาพอากาศ
- Root hair ขนราก
- Water uptake การดูดซึมน้ำ
- Chlorophyll production การผลิตคลอโรฟิลล์
- Germination การงอก
- Water storage การเก็บน้ำ
- Pollen ละอองเรณู
- petals กลีบดอก
20 Clues: ovule ออวุล • anther อับเรณู • petals กลีบดอก • Root hair ขนราก • Calyx กลีบเลี้ยง • Pollen ละอองเรณู • Stamen เกสรเพศผู้ • cuttings การปักชำ • Germination การงอก • Pistil เกสรเพศเมีย • flower stem ก้านดอก • Water storage การเก็บน้ำ • Fertilization การผสมเกสร • Water uptake การดูดซึมน้ำ • Photosynthesis การสังเคราะห์แสง • Sugar synthesis การสังเคราะห์น้ำตาล • ...
ครอสเวิร์ดเรื่องการดำรงอยู่ของพืช 2023-12-31
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- Pollen ละอองเรณู
- Chlorophyll production การผลิตคลอโรฟิลล์
- ovule ออวุล
- Sugar synthesis การสังเคราะห์น้ำตาล
- Water uptake การดูดซึมน้ำ
- Fertilization การผสมเกสร
- Nutrient absorption การดูดซึมสารอาหาร
- Root hair ขนราก
- Atmospheric adaptation การปรับตัวต่อสภาพอากาศ
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- Pistil เกสรเพศเมีย
- Stamen เกสรเพศผู้
- Germination การงอก
- Photosynthesis การสังเคราะห์แสง
- Environmental adaptation การปรับตัวต่อสภาพแวดล้อม
- Water storage การเก็บน้ำ
- anther อับเรณู
- petals กลีบดอก
- cuttings การปักชำ
- Calyx กลีบเลี้ยง
- flower stem ก้านดอก
20 Clues: ovule ออวุล • anther อับเรณู • petals กลีบดอก • Root hair ขนราก • Pollen ละอองเรณู • Calyx กลีบเลี้ยง • Stamen เกสรเพศผู้ • cuttings การปักชำ • Pistil เกสรเพศเมีย • Germination การงอก • flower stem ก้านดอก • Water storage การเก็บน้ำ • Fertilization การผสมเกสร • Water uptake การดูดซึมน้ำ • Photosynthesis การสังเคราะห์แสง • Sugar synthesis การสังเคราะห์น้ำตาล • ...
Environmental Law and Policy 2015 2015-02-09
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- Process of requesting a formal change to a decision.
- Purpose of Environmental Law/Policy is to provide certain powers/rights.
- Tool to facilitate public/stakeholder review and comment on new environmental policy.
- Law based on prior court decisions.
- A comprehensive approach to managing human activities and our natural resources
- Impartial decision maker making enforceable decisions where an appeal is made on a specific law.
- A Tribunal that hears appeals related to various environmental and planning legislation.
- Notice posted on the EBR Registry related to new legislation and invites comments.
- Laws and policies that apply to a specific group or a specific issue.
- An organization that works on behalf of its members providing a common voice on specific issues.
- Notice posted on the EBR Registry providing information.
- Established broad roles/responsibilities of different levels of government.
- An example of a tribunal that hears appeals related to municipal powers or issues.
- Acronym for statements created by Ministries to guide how decisions may affect the environment.
- Stakeholder engagement where information is provided and public feedback is used to influence decisions.
- Government where the governing party has the majority of seats in the legislature.
- Approach to environmental management that is government led and based on required actions.
- Policy tool that sets out the details for implementation of legislation.
- working together to find a mutually agreeable decision or path forward.
- Stakeholder engagement where organization works with public ensuring policy options reflect their concerns.
- Third party involvement in finding mutually agreeable outcomes.
- Municipal planning tool providing detailed criteria for implementing a general Provincial or Municipal policy.
- Purpose of Environmental Law/Policy is to offer funding/incentives related to implementation.
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- Type of stakeholder engagement where organization allows public to decide on best policy approach.
- Policy tool used by ministries to implement legislation or regulations (e.g. licenses, permits, certificates).
- Approach to environmental management that is often stakeholder led and is focused on providing incentives and education to encourage actions.
- Acronym for non-governmental organizations focused on environmental issues.
- Independent officer responsible for monitoring government compliance with EBR
- Purpose of Environmental Law/Policy is to control certain activities.
- Government where the opposing parties collectively have the majority of seats in the legislature.
- Municipal policy tool that sets out policies guiding land use planning.
- Notice posted on the EBR Registry related to decisions made on legislation/policies including how comments influenced final decisions.
- Policy tool that establishes specific processes to followed to implement legislation and regulations.
- Stakeholder engagement where organization look to public for advice on specific policy options.
- Purpose of Environmental Law/Policy is to set out how we do things.
- Impartial decision maker that reviews decision making process to ensure organization acted within the powers provided under legislation.
- Type of stakeholder engagement where information is provided (one-way communication).
- Principle where a cautious environmental management approach is taken to ensure resource protection.
- Policy tool that sets out broad mandates for what government wants to accomplish.
- Purpose of Environmental Law/Policy is to set out specific planning requirements.
- Acronym for the database used to post environmentally significant law/policy made by the government and used to facilitate public/stakeholder comment.
- Policy formation approach that considers details of an issue piecing them together to consider broader issues; also refers to stakeholders driving policy development.
- Policy formation approach that considers that “big picture” issue and then the details; also refers to government driving policy development.
- A person WHO affects or can be affected by environmental law and policy.
- Law passed by legislatures; also called written law.
45 Clues: Law based on prior court decisions. • Process of requesting a formal change to a decision. • Law passed by legislatures; also called written law. • Notice posted on the EBR Registry providing information. • Third party involvement in finding mutually agreeable outcomes. • Purpose of Environmental Law/Policy is to set out how we do things. • ...
Environmental Stuff 2013-05-06
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- a piece of glowing, charred, or burned wood or other combustible substance.
- the place where a person or thing is usually found
- grass or other plants for feeding livestock.
- refined from oil
- the act of extinguishing
- Cause global warming
- precipitation, as rain, snow, or sleet, containing relatively high concentrations of acid-forming chemicals
- the ability to be sustained, supported, upheld, or confirmed.
- naturally created from the environment
- land suitable for or used for the cultivation of crops.
- The process in which land becomes desert
- Occupation related to raising crops, cultivating land, and breeding labor animals
- the act or process of fusing; the state of being fused.
- the process by which a nonsaline soil becomes saline
- refined or crude petroleum.
- smoke or other atmospheric pollutants combined with fog in an unhealthy or irritating mixture.
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- a black or dark-brown shale or siltstone rich in bitumens, from which shale oil is obtained by destructive distillation.
- Global climate rise due to the Greenhouse Gas effect
- the act or state of eroding
- the act or state of being polluted
- to divest or clear of forests or trees
- the processes involved in dealing with the waste of humans and organisms, including minimization, handling, processing, storage, recycling, transport, and final disposal
- Being without moisture
- Vast natural landscape
- radioactive waste
- the act or process of decomposing
- any combustible organic material, as oil, coal, or natural gas, derived from the remains of former life.
- the artificial application of water to land to assist in the production of crops
- the time required for one half the atoms of a given amount of a radioactive substance to disintegrate.
- the act of cleaving or splitting into parts.
30 Clues: refined from oil • radioactive waste • Cause global warming • Being without moisture • Vast natural landscape • the act of extinguishing • the act or state of eroding • refined or crude petroleum. • the act or process of decomposing • the act or state of being polluted • to divest or clear of forests or trees • naturally created from the environment • ...
Environmental issues 2013-10-14
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- A chemical used for killing insects
- The place where an animal lives is called its _________
- A place or area where waste materials are dumped
- A slippery area, esp a patch of oil floating on water
- The greenhouse effect is the main cause of __________ ________
- Reuse material to make a new priduct
- Gases ejected from an engine as waste products
- Animals that may become extinct are ________
- A mixture of smoke and fog
- The descent of solid material in the atmosphere onto the earth, esp of radioactive material following a nuclear explosion
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- A person or thing that is regarded as dangerous
- The external surroundings in which a plant or animal lives
- In many big cities, there is a lot of air ________
- Garbage, rubbish, or trash
- Waste matter from domestic or industrial establishments
- Trees breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out ______
- Carbon dioxide is an example of a ___________
- There is a hole in the _________ _________
- A jungle where there is a lot of rainfall
- There are too many ________ on the roads
20 Clues: Garbage, rubbish, or trash • A mixture of smoke and fog • A chemical used for killing insects • Reuse material to make a new priduct • There are too many ________ on the roads • A jungle where there is a lot of rainfall • There is a hole in the _________ _________ • Animals that may become extinct are ________ • Carbon dioxide is an example of a ___________ • ...
Environmental Quiz 2015-01-19
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- a substance that causes slight inflammation
- the action of rotating similar crops in a different area over and over again
- an animal that feed on plants
- calculating the air pollution
- plats use sunlight to change carbon monoxide to water
- the upper layer of earth also used with farming
- a poisonous gas in the air
- a crop used for its commercial value
- a place to dispose of waste materials
- a heavy silvery-white metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
- The degree to which a substance can harm humans or animals
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- a long lasting material that takes a long time to biodegrade
- a animal that feed on both plants and animals
- a material that is not wanted
- poisonous substance also used to create heavy weapons.
- a single crop in a given area
- another word for burning garbage
- a variety of life in an ecosystem
- another word for breathing in
- an anima that feeds on other animals
- several crops in a given area
- growing plants using mineral nutrients solution
- converting waste into usable item
- another word for a material breaking down
- a particular number of people or animals living in an area
- a type poisonous gas
- a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth
27 Clues: a type poisonous gas • a poisonous gas in the air • a material that is not wanted • a single crop in a given area • another word for breathing in • several crops in a given area • an animal that feed on plants • calculating the air pollution • another word for burning garbage • a variety of life in an ecosystem • converting waste into usable item • ...
Environmental Problems 2018-04-16
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- sth. that is not legal
- sth. that pollutes the environment
- an energy source that is inexhaustible or can be replaced by growth
- substance that is used to kill insects
- destruction of forests
- environment in which an animal lives
- place sth. comes from; the cause of sth.
- an important problem
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- rubbish that is left in the production of sth.
- animals and other living things living in the wild
- pieces of rubbish lying on the ground
- material used to wrap items before they are sold
- substance to provide power or heat (by being burned)
- substance that is used to get rid of pests
- damage caused to the environment by waste
- sth. that decays naturally without causing harm
- death of all members of a species
- refusing to listen; also: hearing loss
- substance that is very harmful and may even cause death
- =poisonous
20 Clues: =poisonous • an important problem • sth. that is not legal • destruction of forests • death of all members of a species • sth. that pollutes the environment • environment in which an animal lives • pieces of rubbish lying on the ground • substance that is used to kill insects • refusing to listen; also: hearing loss • place sth. comes from; the cause of sth. • ...
Environmental Globalization 2017-05-18
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- The concept of life that includes a connection to something
- The thing that is used to control a nation, state, or community
- To use more than once, part of the RRR
- The removal of trees from a certain area
- A type of material to produce heat or power
- the focus of maintaining the health of the natural world, biological diversity etc.
- A supply of goods or materials that can be renewable or non renewable
- A state of matter that is where particles are spread apart and has no set form (plural)
- An international agreement. Its goal is to ensure that international trade of specimens of wild animals and plants doesn't threaten their survival (acronym)
- An area in the world with unique characteristics
- The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes
- Is a sea zone prescribed by the prescribed by the United Nations Convention of the Law of the sea over which state has the right to explore and marine resource (acronym)
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- An international treaty that states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
- The growth of cities and towns as people who come from urban areas in search of jobs and opportunities
- The job of supervising or taking care of something, such as organizations or property
- An oil company that is responsible for most of the world's oil (acronym)
- The ability to do work
- A program in effect from 1921 to 1928, reviving the wage system and private ownership and abandoning grain acquisition (acronym)
- A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
20 Clues: The ability to do work • To use more than once, part of the RRR • The removal of trees from a certain area • A type of material to produce heat or power • An area in the world with unique characteristics • The concept of life that includes a connection to something • The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes • ...
Environmental science 2016-08-24
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- thin, fragile shield that envelops the earth
- refers to the change in the earth’s climate due to greenhouse gases
- include nitrates and phosphates which are the limiting factors for populations of algae and other aquatic plants
- source of energy for almost every machine
- colorless, odorless gas that has the ability to combine with hemoglobin faster than oxygen
- thinning of the ozone layer or the loss of the blocking effect of ozone against UV rays
- any physical or chemical change in water that adversely affects organisms
- introduction of solid, liquid or gaseous materials that alter the physical, chemical and biological properties of the air, and cause harm /damage to living organisms and structures
- transportation and stationary combustion sources such as coal-fired power plants, industry
- tiny bits of solid matter or liquid droplets that are suspended in the air for long periods of time
- from industries such as chemical plants, paper mills, petroleum refineries and smelters
- particles derived from soil or rock that have been or being transported by water and wind
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- soil that makes up the Earth’s crust
- a natural resource that cannot be re-made or re-grown at scale comparable to its consumption
- uranium to create energy
- phenomenon that helps maintain the Earth’s surface temperature
- can be renewable or non-renewable
- erosion- the process by which water, wind, or ice moves particles of rocks or soil.
- warming of the Earth’s atmosphere caused by the build up of greenhouse gases
- made up of hydrogen and carbon
- changes the water ambient temperature due to industries that dispose hot effluents
- a mixture of rock fragments, nutrients,water, air, and decaying animal and plant matte
- the very top layer of dead leaves and grass
23 Clues: uranium to create energy • made up of hydrogen and carbon • can be renewable or non-renewable • soil that makes up the Earth’s crust • source of energy for almost every machine • the very top layer of dead leaves and grass • thin, fragile shield that envelops the earth • phenomenon that helps maintain the Earth’s surface temperature • ...
Environmental Toxicology 2019-09-07
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- Describes exposure for one month or less
- Describes a single exposure that is less than twenty-four hours
- Describes exposure for more than three months
- A field of toxicology that focuses on the reproductive system
- Studies disease occurrence and etiology
- Any material that can harm a living system
- Describes exposure for one to three months
- A field in toxicology that focuses on the immune system
- A toxic substance produced by a living organism
- When a non-toxic chemical becomes toxic due to another chemical
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- The time period between initial exposure and when symptoms are noticeable
- A chemical that is known or suspected to cause cancer
- Studies the side effects of toxic agents on live organisms
- One toxic chemical or mixture
- A chemical substance that is foreign to a biological system
- A field in toxicology that focuses on pre-natal development
- A field that combines toxicology and ecology
- Man-made toxic substance
- A factor that causes the embryo to become malformed
- When two chemicals interferes with the other or when one affects the other.
20 Clues: Man-made toxic substance • One toxic chemical or mixture • Studies disease occurrence and etiology • Describes exposure for one month or less • Any material that can harm a living system • Describes exposure for one to three months • A field that combines toxicology and ecology • Describes exposure for more than three months • ...
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 2021-02-05
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- Stable and unreactive
- The study of man
- Fall between metals and non-metals
- Energy stored in the bonds of chemical compounds
- This method consists of collecting facts and data by the observation of natural phenomena.
- Are biological substances that are soluble in nonpolar solvents and insoluble in polar solvents
- A substance that produce OH- when dissolved in water
- Include environmental geology, soil sciences, volcanic phenomena and evolution of earth’s crust
- Are aldehydes or ketones with multiple hydroxide (-OH) group
- A substance that cannot be separated into two or more substances by ordinary physical or chemical means
- Deals with the predictable behavior of the world around us
- Are biological polymers important in almost all life processes
- the study of interactions among physical, chemical, and biological components of the environment and the solution of the environmental problems.
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- He proved polluted water causes cholera
- A substance composed of the chemical elements hydrogen and oxygen and exists in gaseous, liquid, and solid states
- Temporary explanation or supposition of related facts
- It explore human society past and present, and the way human beings behave
- Substances that contain two or more elements
- A statement of the behavior of nature
- Division of Science that deals with natural objects and natural phenomena
- Has mas and occupies space
- Energy of electromagnetic waves
- The property that must be transferred to an object in order to perform work on, or to heat, the object
- A substance with constant composition
- Focuses on the Earth’s atmosphere, with an emphasis upon its interrelation to the other system
- It has a luster, conduct electricity, conduct heat, malleable and ductile
- Focused on plant life
- Energy in the nucleus or core of an atom
- The study of the interactions between life and its physical environment
- Is the explanation of a supposed fact
30 Clues: The study of man • Stable and unreactive • Focused on plant life • Has mas and occupies space • Energy of electromagnetic waves • Fall between metals and non-metals • A statement of the behavior of nature • A substance with constant composition • Is the explanation of a supposed fact • He proved polluted water causes cholera • Energy in the nucleus or core of an atom • ...
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 2021-02-05
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- AUTHOR AND ADVOCATE FOR WILDERNESS
- SUBSTANCE WIT CONSTANT COMPOSITION
- ENERGY THAT RESULTS FROM ELECTRIC CHARGE
- NATURAL OBJECTS AND PHENOMENA
- QUANTITY OF MATTER
- A CONSERVED QUANTITY
- STABLE AND UNREACTIVE
- EXPLORE HUMAN SOCIETY
- ENERGY OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
- IONIC COMPOUND OF CATIONS AND ANIONS
- CONCERNED WITH LIVING THINGS
- SUBSTANCE THAT PRODUCE OH- WHEN DISSOLVED IN WATER
- ENERGY THAT COMES FROM HEATED SUBSTANCE
- FALL BETWEEN METAL AND NON METAL
- TYPE OF ENERGY THAT DEALS WITH MOTION OF OBJECT
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- SUBSTANCE THAT CONTAIN TOW OR MORE ELEMENTS
- ENERGY STORED IN BONDS OF CHEMICAL COMPOUND
- HAS MASS AND SPACE
- CONDUCT ELECTRICITY AND HEAT
- PROVED POLLUTED WATER CAUSES CHOLERA
- SUBSTANCE THAT CANNOT BE SEPARATED
- STUDY OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN LIFE AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
- BIOLOGIST, AUTHOR OF BOOK THAT ANIMATED ENVIRONMENTAL AWAKENING
- PREDICTABLE BEHAVIOR AROUND US
- ENERGY IN THE NUCLEUS OF AN ATOM
- GRAVITATIONAL FORCE OF ATTRACTION EXERTED BY EARTH ON A BODY
- DO NOT CONDUCT ELECTRICITY AND HEAT
- SMALLEST UNITS OF MATTER
- SUBSTANCE THAT YIELDS H+ OR H3O WHEN DISSOLVE IN WATER
- STUDIED THE DANGEROUS TRADE
30 Clues: HAS MASS AND SPACE • QUANTITY OF MATTER • A CONSERVED QUANTITY • STABLE AND UNREACTIVE • EXPLORE HUMAN SOCIETY • SMALLEST UNITS OF MATTER • STUDIED THE DANGEROUS TRADE • CONDUCT ELECTRICITY AND HEAT • CONCERNED WITH LIVING THINGS • NATURAL OBJECTS AND PHENOMENA • PREDICTABLE BEHAVIOR AROUND US • ENERGY OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES • ENERGY IN THE NUCLEUS OF AN ATOM • ...
Environmental Crossword 2021-01-08
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- a piece of clothing, a device, etc. that warms somebody/something
- interested in and concerned about the ecologyc of a place
- all the plants, animals and things that exist in the universe that are not made by people
- a measure of the amount of carbon dioxide that is produced by the activities of a person or company
- the mixture of gases that surrounds the earth the world; the planet that we live on
- a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry
- any of the gases that are thought to cause the greenhouse effect, especially carbon dioxide
- the production or sending out of light, heat, gas, etc.
- the world; the planet that we live on
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- protect something to introduce laws that make it illegal to kill, harm or damage a particular animal, area of land, building, etc.
- the regular pattern of weather conditions of a particular place
- (of food, farming methods, etc.) produced or practised without using artificial chemicals
- recycle something to treat things that have already been used so that they can be used again
- to stop the flow of electricity, gas, water, etc. by moving a switch, button, etc.
- the natural world in which people, animals and plants live
- to add dirty or harmful substances to land, air, water, etc. so that it is no longer pleasant or safe to use
- connected with the protection of the environment; supporting the protection of the environment as a political principle
- any substance like air that is neither a solid nor a liquid, for example hydrogen or oxygen
- to keep something to use or enjoy in the future or for somebody else to use
- things that you throw away because you no longer want or need them
20 Clues: the world; the planet that we live on • the production or sending out of light, heat, gas, etc. • interested in and concerned about the ecologyc of a place • the natural world in which people, animals and plants live • a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry • the regular pattern of weather conditions of a particular place • ...
ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 2020-02-07
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- Commonly used sludge stabilizer
- Macrophytes serves as..............
- Process of entrapping enzyme in matrix
- Formation of acids from low molecular weight compound
- Pollution induced peptides in animals
- It is used to remove large floating bodies from waster
- Test for measuring damage at cellular and sub cellular level
- Bacteria used in Ames test
- Phenomena leading to algal bloom
- Principle behind trickling filters
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- Process of disposing sludge to shallow rivers
- Commonly used coagulants
- Process of transfer of methyl group from organic compound to metals
- Outer boundary of solid earth
- Process of removing greasy material
- Microalgae are used as .................
- Composting using earthworm
- Floc of agglomerated microorganism
- MPN is used to detect the presence of................
- Analytical device containing immobilized biological material
20 Clues: Commonly used coagulants • Composting using earthworm • Bacteria used in Ames test • Outer boundary of solid earth • Commonly used sludge stabilizer • Phenomena leading to algal bloom • Floc of agglomerated microorganism • Principle behind trickling filters • Macrophytes serves as.............. • Process of removing greasy material • Pollution induced peptides in animals • ...
Environmental Health 2021-04-24
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- chemicals that remain in the environment for a long time
- mcolorless, odorless gas found in soil
- disease that appears for the first time or spreads rapidly
- chemicals become more concentrated as they move up the food chain
- methylmercury is an example of this hazard
- mass of sliding snow
- harms embryos and fetuses
- determines how harmful a substance is
- responds to emerging diseases in the US
- type of hazard that includes smoling, poor diet, lack of exercise
- the dose that causes harm
- term for cancer-causing agent
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- an outbreak of a disease that affects an entire region or country
- the study of diseases in human populations
- resistance to these is one reason diseases spread rapidly
- ove-activate the immune system
- type of assessment that emasures the chance that an env hazard will cause harm
- causes changes in the DNA
- diseases caused by a pathogen, malaria for example
- fibers from this can become embedded in lungs
- when a substance is harmful in a large quantity
- type of environmental hazard caused by pathogens
- any animal that carries disease
- type of hazard caused by natural disasters
- a funnel of rotating air
- can be in paint and dust, causes brain damage
26 Clues: mass of sliding snow • a funnel of rotating air • causes changes in the DNA • harms embryos and fetuses • the dose that causes harm • term for cancer-causing agent • ove-activate the immune system • any animal that carries disease • determines how harmful a substance is • mcolorless, odorless gas found in soil • responds to emerging diseases in the US • ...
Environmental system 2020-08-25
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- Get the independence of India.
- Scientist, meteorologist, writer famous for the Gaia hypothesis.
- Link the water contaminated because of a bomb that cause the outbreak of cholera in Londres.
- America's first environmentalist.
- Notable figure in science and therapeutic medisin.
- The great increase in production of food grains and better management techniques.
- Nobel prize winner for his micro-credits system.
- Evolution Homosapiens.
- Lider of the movement "New thinking"
- recieve the Nobel prize.
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- One of the first conservation thinkers.
- Marin biologist who put in march the modern ambiental consciousness.
- One of the first Demographers.
- American environmentalist who warned of the dangers of overpopulation.
- Discover the cure and create Inmunity to Viruela.
- Danish economist focused on the development of agriculture and its relation to population growth.
- Published more than 300 articles about nature.
- The first African American woman
- Implement ational parks and national forests in the United States.
- A day where people collect garbage, plant trees, sign petitions.
- Published "Walden" and "Civil disobedience".
21 Clues: Evolution Homosapiens. • recieve the Nobel prize. • Get the independence of India. • One of the first Demographers. • The first African American woman • America's first environmentalist. • Lider of the movement "New thinking" • One of the first conservation thinkers. • Published "Walden" and "Civil disobedience". • Published more than 300 articles about nature. • ...
Environmental crossword 2020-09-18
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- plants are also known as
- when water evaporates in the leaf
- when water is shot up the stem of the plant
- brings water down the stem
- non vascular, seedless, plants
- xylem and phloem are arranged in
- when the seed has one leaf
- plants that make their seeds in cones
- plants that die in a year
- plant embryo
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- occurs in cones and flowers
- where the seeds stay
- a plant with no stem or leaves
- plants that die in 2 years
- plantsbthat live more than for 3+ Years
- when a seed has 2 leaves
- provides structural support
- plants that make their seeds in flowers
- Brings water up the stem
- the top of the stamen
20 Clues: plant embryo • where the seeds stay • the top of the stamen • when a seed has 2 leaves • plants are also known as • Brings water up the stem • plants that die in a year • plants that die in 2 years • brings water down the stem • when the seed has one leaf • occurs in cones and flowers • provides structural support • a plant with no stem or leaves • non vascular, seedless, plants • ...
Environmental Crossword 2021-09-22
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- Air pollution that reduces visibility
- A tropical storm with strong winds
- The ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level
- Convert (waste) into reusable material
- Unwanted material in all forms that can cause harm
- Protect from harm or destruction
- Sleeping in a tent outside in the wilderness
- Nature personified as a creative and controlling force
- Practices that can lead to being more environmentally friendly
- H20
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- Place where your trash usually goes
- Large area covered with trees and other vegetation
- CO
- Without using pesticide (ex fruit)
- Your well water may come from one of these
- Human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases
- The basic unit of a chemical element
- Obtained by harnessing the energy of the sun's rays
- A natural resource or source of energy that is not depleted when used
- White and fluffy
- Our home
- A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
22 Clues: CO • H20 • Our home • White and fluffy • Protect from harm or destruction • Without using pesticide (ex fruit) • A tropical storm with strong winds • Place where your trash usually goes • The basic unit of a chemical element • Air pollution that reduces visibility • Convert (waste) into reusable material • Your well water may come from one of these • ...
Environmental English 2022-03-29
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- a person that works for political or social change
- the planet which we live on
- a community of plants and animals
- the mark your life leaves on the environment
- when companies lie about sustainibility
- a person who is concerned with or advocates the protection of the environment
- harmful gases created by industry
- the natural world
- short way to refer to the earth
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- fair and equal treatment
- variety of plants and animals
- environmentaly friendly
- a demonstration against something
- trash or harmful contamination
- cutting down too many trees
- plants animals and the landscape
- how the earth is changing due to human activity
- the theory that the earth is getting hotter
- when all of a species dies
- a person that publicly supports something
20 Clues: the natural world • environmentaly friendly • fair and equal treatment • when all of a species dies • the planet which we live on • cutting down too many trees • variety of plants and animals • trash or harmful contamination • short way to refer to the earth • plants animals and the landscape • a demonstration against something • a community of plants and animals • ...
Environmental Science 2021-09-07
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- quantitative property that must be transferred to an object in order to perform work, heat.
- those concerned with living things.
- example of a natural disasters.
- focuses on Earth's atmosphere.
- study of animal life
- the discovery, collection of past events.
- Metals- do not shine, do not conduct electricity.
- substances that contain two or more elements in definite proportion by weight.
- gases- stable and unreactive.
- a substance that yields H+ or H3O+ when dissolve in water.
- study of interactions among physical,chemical, and biological components of the environment.
- are substances that cannot be separated into two or more substances.
- is a liquid, tasteless, odorless and transparent.
- the science and the study of life.
- Snow- proved that polluted water causes cholera.
- have luster, conduct electricity,conduct heat.
- deals with the predictable behavior of the world around us.
- as organ insulators and protection against mechanical stress.
- explore human society past and present.
- study of bacteria and diseases.
- a substance that produce OH when dissolve in water.
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- Method- refers to a body of techniques for investigating phenomena.
- include environmental geology, soil sciences etc.
- deals with abstractions rather than observations.
- source of energy.
- defined as anything that has mass and occupies space
- deals with the study of earth.
- essential in building tissues.
- example of natural disasters.
- energy associated with random motion of atoms and molecules.
- focus on plant life
- the study of man.
- refers to a body of knowledge or a method of study devoted to developing this body of knowledge
- study of interactions between life and its physical environment.
- deals with all celestial objects in the universe.
- are the collected facts and data.
- fall between metals and non metals.
- transmit and store hereditary information and energy in living things.
- Energy- energy in the nucleus, or core of an atom.
39 Clues: source of energy. • the study of man. • focus on plant life • study of animal life • example of natural disasters. • gases- stable and unreactive. • focuses on Earth's atmosphere. • deals with the study of earth. • essential in building tissues. • example of a natural disasters. • study of bacteria and diseases. • are the collected facts and data. • the science and the study of life. • ...
Environmental change 2022-03-31
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- made of non human sources
- ability to biodegrade
- sustain earth without human interaction
- source is not replenished in a human life
- the weather over a long period of time
- humans are the most important
- earths ability to provide natural resources
- the surroundings in which we live
- where humans and animals live
- wearing away of beach or rock
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- connection to the land
- we should minimise our impacts
- responsible to use earth sustainably and live with the animals as our equal
- i am the most important on earth
- source in no danger of running out
- describes land forms and features
- layer of gases that surround the earth
- source replenished quickly
- all water on earth
- made of human sources
20 Clues: all water on earth • ability to biodegrade • made of human sources • connection to the land • made of non human sources • source replenished quickly • humans are the most important • where humans and animals live • wearing away of beach or rock • we should minimise our impacts • i am the most important on earth • describes land forms and features • the surroundings in which we live • ...
Environmental systems 2022-02-16
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- what's above the stratosphere
- moving back and forth at regular speed
- chlorofluorocarbons
- the stat or quality of being humid
- atmosphere at a place and time as reguards
- the height of an object or point
- a rising of sweater magma or other liquid
- the lowest region of the atmosphere extending from the earths surface
- a destructive vortex of violently rotating winds
- fuels dinosour bone or coal or gas
- a storm with a violent wind in particular
- Quality the degree to which the ambient air is pollution free
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- discharge of something
- warming a gradual increase intre overall temperature
- the weather conditions prerailing in an area in general
- rays electromagnetic howing wave lengths
- layers above the earth
- streams a narrow variable bond of very strong predominantly
- gasses surrounding the earth or another planet
- Nino climate pattern that describes the unusual warming of surface
- the region of the atmosphere above the mesosphere
- the emissions of energy as electromagnetic waves
- toxic gas
- effect the greenhouse effect is the major greenhouse carbon dioxide
- Nina describes the cooling of surface
- the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance
- inversions the action of inverting something on the state
27 Clues: toxic gas • chlorofluorocarbons • discharge of something • layers above the earth • what's above the stratosphere • the height of an object or point • the stat or quality of being humid • fuels dinosour bone or coal or gas • Nina describes the cooling of surface • moving back and forth at regular speed • rays electromagnetic howing wave lengths • ...
Environmental systems 2021-08-27
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- not a lot of food
- a system of biotic and abiotic features
- organisms eating dead organisms
- consumes food
- multiple trophic levels
- one line of trophic levels
- eats only plants
- the organisms role in the ecosystem
- the amount of a species in the ecosystem
- eats only meat
- animals communicating with each other
- non-living
- the total organism in the ecosystem
- makes its own food
- herbivore
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- when something dies
- gets nutrients from dead organisms
- another word for producer.
- to have much more food then needed
- living
- omnivore and carnivore
- another word for consumer.
- an animal, insect, amphibian, or reptile
- eats both plants and animals
- to be the best in the ecosystem
25 Clues: living • herbivore • non-living • consumes food • eats only meat • eats only plants • not a lot of food • makes its own food • when something dies • omnivore and carnivore • multiple trophic levels • another word for producer. • one line of trophic levels • another word for consumer. • eats both plants and animals • organisms eating dead organisms • to be the best in the ecosystem • ...
ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 2022-04-21
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- The plant root releases ...... that stimulate the production of various Nod metabolites by Rhizobium
- Round up ready maize is resistant to ........
- micronuclei test is used to check ..... of a chemical
- method of disinfection though exposure to UV rays
- Commonly used in coagulation of sewage
- second stage of composting
- Biotechnological method for enhancing photosynthesis targets the enzyme
- biosensor used to measure change in ionic strength
- process of destroying pathogenic organisms in sludge
- Consequence of phosphorous overloading in lake
- major component of biogas
- disposal of treated sludge in to lakes
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- liquid that percolates due to leaching
- process of conversion of carbon dioxide to calcium carbonate
- Earth worm faeces is called as
- virus that kills algae
- Common ore for copper bioleaching
- Pollution induced peptides in animals
- organism used for AMES test
- Enzyme produced by rhizobium
- biological degradation of solid organic matter to stable end products
21 Clues: virus that kills algae • major component of biogas • second stage of composting • organism used for AMES test • Enzyme produced by rhizobium • Earth worm faeces is called as • Common ore for copper bioleaching • Pollution induced peptides in animals • liquid that percolates due to leaching • Commonly used in coagulation of sewage • disposal of treated sludge in to lakes • ...
Environmental Crossword 2022-04-19
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- genetic material that has been altered using genetic engineering
- environmental, economic, and social problems are interrelated and therefore their solutions must be integrated
- make smaller or less in amount
- a system meant to limit emissions and put a price on them
- the use of material, processes, or practices that eliminates or reduces the quantity and toxicity of wastes at the source of generation
- the process of converting waste into reusable material
- These gases absorb infrared radiation
- a tax on fossil fuels intended to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide
- the main goals of this is to eliminate waste and pollution, keep products and materials in use and regenerate natural systems
- maintaining at a certain rate, avoiding the depletion of natural resources to maintain ecological balance
- process of understanding how things, regarded as systems, influence one another within a whole
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- a policy of producing consumer goods that rapidly become obsolete and so require replacing
- is the study of material and energy flows through industrial systems
- study of financial impact of environmental policies
- a private certification of for-profit companies of their "social and environmental performance."
- focuses on humankind’s relationship with the natural world
- “cradle-to-grave” approach for assessing the environmental impact of industrial systems
- Environmental ______ is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people
- to use more than once
- is a practice that learns from and mimics the strategies found in nature to solve human design challenges
- this is a self-reporting framework for helping colleges and universities track and measure their sustainability progress.
21 Clues: to use more than once • make smaller or less in amount • These gases absorb infrared radiation • study of financial impact of environmental policies • the process of converting waste into reusable material • a system meant to limit emissions and put a price on them • focuses on humankind’s relationship with the natural world • ...
Environmental crossword 2023-06-05
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- breaks down dead organisms for nutrients.
- the living parts of an ecosystem.
- renewable material that comes from plants and animals.
- large region with a certain climate and certain types of living things.
- states how efficient an ecosystem is.
- an organism that uses photosynthesis for their main source of food.
- water movement from soil to plants.
- an organism that has bee around for a long time and is harmful to water ecosystems.
- occurs when the environment becomes enriched with nutrients.
- microscopic organisms that drift around in water.
- make their own food.
- the process where liquid gets turned to gas.
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- when an organism makes food using chemicals as the energy source.
- eats plants
- a community of biological, physical, and chemical components.
- non-living part of an ecosystem.
- process of turning nitrogen components into ammonia.
- sheds its leaves annually
- the part of the water cycle where it is liquid.
- can produce their own food using light, water, or carbon dioxide.
20 Clues: eats plants • make their own food. • sheds its leaves annually • non-living part of an ecosystem. • the living parts of an ecosystem. • water movement from soil to plants. • states how efficient an ecosystem is. • breaks down dead organisms for nutrients. • the process where liquid gets turned to gas. • the part of the water cycle where it is liquid. • ...
Environmental Crises 2023-06-09
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- Any substances that have the ability to cause an adverse health events and threats to human health and well-being.
- Occurs when the earth’s natural resources are depleted
- Additional forces that can imperil humans.
- Also known as the Global Goals
- “Renewable energy – powering a ______ future”
- “Land - the planet’s ________”
- Whatever form, whether it is air, water, land or noise is harmful to the environment.
- As we degrade ecosystems, the risk of future pandemics _____.
- Long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns.
- The declination or disappearance of biological diversity.
- “Biodiversity - our strongest __________ against climate change”
- Rapid population growth
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- It is an Infectious (communicable) diseases caused by _______.
- “Food and Climate Change: ________ for a healthier planet”
- Dredging, clearing, grading, excavating, transporting or filling.
- Another precondition for crisis (Accdg. to M. Scott Taylor) is when an economy and environment interaction is with _________ feedbacks.
- Things like avalanches, quakes, tidal waves, storms, and wildfires in those areas.
- It is one of the preconditions for crisis, according to M. Scott Taylor if an ecological system exhibiting a __________.
- Irreversible worsening of the environment
- “The ocean – the world’s greatest ______ against climate change”
20 Clues: Rapid population growth • Also known as the Global Goals • “Land - the planet’s ________” • Irreversible worsening of the environment • Additional forces that can imperil humans. • “Renewable energy – powering a ______ future” • Occurs when the earth’s natural resources are depleted • Long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. • ...
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES 2023-04-24
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- a great way to prevent infections
- what code is used for hazardous spill
- you change every 2-3 rooms
- a germ that causes diarrhea and colitis
- what you check daily
- tool used to clean toilet bowls
- used in a workplace free of harassment, discrimination
- a written plan for tackling an issue
- extra practices that are required to prevent transmission of diseases
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- performs a range of cleaning services
- step by step process to safely do a task
- what is used to kill germs
- a process that maintains nuisance organism below economic thresholds
- name of our neutral cleaner
- respiratory disease
- what we use to repair hospital mattresses and stretchers
- used to remove black marks, marker
- container used for needles
- used for unused expired medication
- signage used for TB
- work towards a common goal
- we use to decontaminate surfaces
22 Clues: respiratory disease • signage used for TB • what you check daily • you change every 2-3 rooms • what is used to kill germs • container used for needles • work towards a common goal • name of our neutral cleaner • tool used to clean toilet bowls • we use to decontaminate surfaces • a great way to prevent infections • used to remove black marks, marker • ...
Environmental issues 2023-04-19
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- 20.A horizontal support on a ladder for a person's foot
- 11. A long strip or large area (of land)
- 13. All the living things in an area
- out 10. To achieve victory after dealing with difficulties
- 19. A small ornament or item of jewellery that is of little value
- 6. Of relating to agriculture
- 15. Intrude
- 3. A sum added to an ordinary price or change
- 26. Give something in order to help achieve or provide something
- 17. An official who carries out a sentence of death
- 30. A person's moral sense of right and wrong
- 29. Become flat or flatter
Down
- 21. Producing a great deal of profit
- 2. Long pointed teeth
- 14. Give up (territory)
- 1. Feel or express contempt or disdain for
- 12. The drying out of land
- 22. The natural home or environment of an animal
- 23. Tending to commit crime
- 28. Become or make more extensive
- 5. The felling or removing of a very large amount of trees
- 7. Something you are born with
- 8. To make no use or value
- 9. To rush wildly in a sudden mass panic
- 25. Provide (someone) with a reason for doing something
- 4. Make or become less
- 16. Wealth in the form of money
- 18.A prize for victory or success
- up 27. succeed in reaching something
- 24. Of common occurrence
30 Clues: 15. Intrude • 2. Long pointed teeth • 4. Make or become less • 14. Give up (territory) • 24. Of common occurrence • 12. The drying out of land • 8. To make no use or value • 29. Become flat or flatter • 23. Tending to commit crime • 6. Of relating to agriculture • 7. Something you are born with • 16. Wealth in the form of money • 28. Become or make more extensive • ...
environmental science 2022-09-01
Across
- the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment
- when you rely on something
- contains rocks
- not plants
- animals that are food
- the smallest unit that can live by itself
- has air
- a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
- every living thing
Down
- he weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period
- not animals
- something that hunts prey
- about the environment
- relating to or concerned with the relation of living organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
- where animals live
- another word for earth
- something that is made up of organs
- contains water
- the third planet from the sun
- relations of organisms to one another
20 Clues: has air • not plants • not animals • contains rocks • contains water • where animals live • every living thing • about the environment • animals that are food • another word for earth • something that hunts prey • when you rely on something • the third planet from the sun • something that is made up of organs • relations of organisms to one another • the smallest unit that can live by itself • ...
Environmental Science 2022-06-23
Across
- an abandoned industrial area
- earth system which includes all life
- several species together in a location
- all members of a species in a location
- when all members of a species have died
- environment where a species lives
- system of communities and their environment
- species a species which has lost enough to be under a threshold where it may not recover
- vehicle a vehicle with two or more power sources
- role played by organism in a community
Down
- where all precipitation of an area drains
- three oxygen atoms bound
- community with its environment
- cell a hydrogen fuel system
- all members of a species are dead in an area but still exist on Earth
- relationship of mutual benefit
- planned management to prevent loss
- where all prevailing winds carry weather systems
- prevention attempting to keep a resource from being contaminated
- species a species with more loss than births per year
- source when you cannot say exactly where pollution was introduced
21 Clues: three oxygen atoms bound • cell a hydrogen fuel system • an abandoned industrial area • community with its environment • relationship of mutual benefit • environment where a species lives • planned management to prevent loss • earth system which includes all life • several species together in a location • all members of a species in a location • ...
environmental science 2022-05-08
Across
- regional large scale outbreak
- measure of the harmfulness of a substance
- the biotic/abiotic components in a habitat
- only eats animals it has killed
- turns organic matter into inorganic compound
- recycling organic matter
- eats plants or animals
- moving energy with mass and velocity
- can be replenished naturally
- many individuals of the same species
- worldwide outbreak
- series of wide flat steps built on slopes
Down
- nonliving
- A plants process of creating sugar
- living or once-living
- convert objects to raw material to reuse
- one living being
- many individuals of different species
- amount of a harmful chemical that a person ingests
- burns waste to reduce volume and mass
- stored energy
- all portions of the earth where life exists
- produced by livestock operations and humans
- residual nonorganic material that does not combust
- A species' role in its environment
25 Clues: nonliving • stored energy • one living being • worldwide outbreak • living or once-living • eats plants or animals • recycling organic matter • can be replenished naturally • regional large scale outbreak • only eats animals it has killed • A plants process of creating sugar • A species' role in its environment • moving energy with mass and velocity • ...
Environmental Bio 2022-05-11
Across
- area of land that drains water into a specific body of water
- the waste water from domestic, commercial, and industrial sources carried by sewers
- wetland of soft, spongy ground
- inhabiting or situated in rapidly moving fresh water
- soil of poor quality that lacks the substance and nutrients plants need
- the open water area where light will not penetrate all the way to the bottom
- the part of a sea, lake, or river that is close to the shore, with sunlight present at the sediment level
- substance used to destroy insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants or animals
- chemical used on plants to destroy fungus
- type of peat-accumulating wetland fed by mineral rich ground or surface water
- a substance that is toxic to plants, used to destroy unwanted vegetation
- a chemical or substance which harms water, air, or land quality
- the science of raising plants or animals for food, clothing, or other products
- wetland that is forested and found near lakes and rivers with slow waters and woody plants
- areas where water covers/saturates the soil, either permanently or seasonally
Down
- the supply of water to land or crops that helps growth
- the cultivation of a singular crop in a given area
- an animal lacking a backbone that is large enough to be seen without a microscope
- inhabiting or situated in still fresh water
- mainly of partially decayed plant matter
- preparing and cultivating land for crops
- the deep zone of an inland body of freestanding water, below the range of light penetration
- the part of the water cycle in which the water flows over the land as surface water
- region at the lowest level of a body of water
- loosening and turning soil
- wetland ecosystem near lakes and rivers with softer, non woody plants
26 Clues: loosening and turning soil • wetland of soft, spongy ground • mainly of partially decayed plant matter • preparing and cultivating land for crops • chemical used on plants to destroy fungus • inhabiting or situated in still fresh water • region at the lowest level of a body of water • the cultivation of a singular crop in a given area • ...
Environmental Terms 2022-05-03
Across
- The contamination of water is called ___ pollution
- The process of making an area more urban
- Resources that aren’t finite
- The quantity of a good that consumers want
- Variety of life in an ecosystem
- Fish can contain ___ plastics
- Abandoned ___ leave toxic heavy metals in the surrounding area
- ___ change is one of this generations greatest concerns
- Where more people are located within a location than what is considered tolerable
- A substance that is introduced with a negative affect
Down
- Clearing a wide area of trees
- The air ___ can affect people’s health in large cities like New York
- Government agency that deals with environmental matters
- ___ warming is the increase of atmospheric temperatures
- ___ are more common due to the rise of droughts
- Avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance
- The release of fumes is also known as ___
- Emissions from cars lead to __ pollution
- ___ gasses are caused by rising CO2 levels
- A great reduction
20 Clues: A great reduction • Resources that aren’t finite • Clearing a wide area of trees • Fish can contain ___ plastics • Variety of life in an ecosystem • The process of making an area more urban • Emissions from cars lead to __ pollution • The release of fumes is also known as ___ • The quantity of a good that consumers want • ___ gasses are caused by rising CO2 levels • ...