environmental economics Crossword Puzzles
Environmental Vocabulary 2025-12-10
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- a part of a tree that grows out from the trunk
- a very dry area of land with little rain
- to change in order to survive in a new situation
- the soft covering on a bird’s body
- the colorful parts of a flower
- the thick hair on an animal’s body
- a large protected area of land where nature is kept safe
- a small, narrow river
- a net made by a spider
- not harming the environment
- a thick forest in a hot area with a lot of rain
- the natural world around us, including air, water, land, plants, and animals
- a large body of salt water smaller than an ocean
- dirty or harmful things in the air, water, or land
- a large area of water surrounded by land
- the land next to the sea
- the layers of air around the Earth
- to change from solid to liquid because of heat
- the feet of some animals, like dogs or cats
- the outer covering of a person’s or animal’s body
- the small, hard plates on the skin of fish or reptiles
- completely broken or damaged
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- animals, birds, and other living things that live in nature
- something from nature that can be replaced naturally, like wind or sunlight
- the protection of nature and natural resources
- a large hole in the side of a hill or mountain
- at risk of disappearing or dying out
- water that falls from a high place into a pool or river
- the usual weather of a place over a long time
- no longer existing; all of its kind have died
- the low land between hills or mountains
- the flat green part of a plant or tree
- energy sources like coal, oil, and gas that come from ancient plants and animals
- a thick layer of ice covering a large area of land
- flat devices that collect sunlight and turn it into energy
- a very large body of salt water
- the height of the sea’s surface
- a part of the sea where the land curves inward
- the long part at the back of an animal’s body
39 Clues: a small, narrow river • a net made by a spider • the land next to the sea • not harming the environment • completely broken or damaged • the colorful parts of a flower • a very large body of salt water • the height of the sea’s surface • the soft covering on a bird’s body • the thick hair on an animal’s body • the layers of air around the Earth • ...
Environmental science 2025-07-24
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- it refers to the color of the powder a mineral leaves after rubbing it on an unglazed porcelain streak plate.
- - they provide transportation and water for drinking, washing and farming.
- - layer contains practically all water vapor and clouds Also is the source of weathering.
- - high, ice-crystal clouds.
- - it is a layer of gases surrounding the planet.
- - low, gray blanket cloud.
- - layer that includes the crust and the upper most portion of the asthenosphere
- is sometimes referred to as the world, the blue planet.
- - composed almost completely of hydrogen, the lightest element.
- - layer of thin, gray clouds which can grow into rain clouds.
- - layer where most meteors burn up upon entering the atmosphere.
- - fluffy waves of gray clouds.
- this is a layer the part of the troposphere that is nearest the Earth'S surface.
- - it is naturally occurring solid chemical substance that is formed through geological processes.
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- - the part of the Earth’s surface where water exists in solid form, including snow, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, sea ice, and permafrost.
- - describes the way a mineral may split apart along various planes.
- - thick, dark, gray masses of clouds.
- - towering cloud, usually bring thunderstorm with rain, hail or snow.
- it is rich in iron and nickel
- - groups of fine water droplets or ice crystals in the Sky and are formed by different processes.
- it is composed of all the water on or near the earth.
- - the hottest region in the atmosphere.
- - where river meets the sea.
- posits that the solar system formed from tidal interactions between the sun and low-density protostar.
- - composed of hydrogen and helium.
- - formed by deposition of either clastic sediments ,organic matter or chemical precipitates.
- - produced by solidification of molten magma from the mantle.
- - largest body of water on Earth.
- - it states that the sun and the planets were formed simulateneously.
- bang - a theory leading explanation about now the universe began.
30 Clues: - low, gray blanket cloud. • - high, ice-crystal clouds. • - where river meets the sea. • it is rich in iron and nickel • - fluffy waves of gray clouds. • - largest body of water on Earth. • - composed of hydrogen and helium. • - thick, dark, gray masses of clouds. • - the hottest region in the atmosphere. • - it is a layer of gases surrounding the planet. • ...
Environmental Awareness 2025-09-11
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- → Part of environmental balance
- → Gas produced by humans and animals
- → Variety of living species
- → Natural power source, sunlight, wind, or water
- → Living creatures
- → Cutting down trees
- → Protecting this is crucial for future life
- → Practice of using resources carefully
- → Harmful substances released into air or water
- → Living organisms that produce oxygen
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- → Essential for all life
- → Helps reduce waste
- → Place where animals and plants live
- → Climate or weather patterns
- → Anything humans take from nature
- → Opposite of pollution; eco-friendly practices
- → Needed for breathing
- → Light from the sun
- → The surface we live on
- → Large areas of trees
20 Clues: → Living creatures • → Helps reduce waste • → Cutting down trees • → Light from the sun • → Needed for breathing • → Large areas of trees • → Essential for all life • → The surface we live on • → Variety of living species • → Climate or weather patterns • → Part of environmental balance • → Anything humans take from nature • → Gas produced by humans and animals • ...
ENVIRONMENTAL 2025-03-20
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- Psychological distress and anxiety experienced by individuals in response to the environmental crisis
- The process of clearing forests for agriculture or urbanization
- A shortcut in thinking that affects environmental decision-making
- The practice of handling waste responsibly to minimize environmental harm
- The tendency of people to change their actions to match group behavior
- Decomposing organic waste materials such as food scraps through natural processes
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- The study of how humans interact with their environment
- A value system that focuses on the protection of nature
- Too many people living in a small space
- The presence of trees, parks, and open areas in cities
- A measure of pollution levels in the atmosphere
- The smallest of the four zones in Hall’s theory of social interaction
12 Clues: Too many people living in a small space • A measure of pollution levels in the atmosphere • The presence of trees, parks, and open areas in cities • The study of how humans interact with their environment • A value system that focuses on the protection of nature • The process of clearing forests for agriculture or urbanization • ...
PVCC L'Ambiente è il Mondo che Cambia 2023-11-27
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- Biodiversity
- Air pollution
- Greenhouse gas
- Pollution
- fauna and flora
- Temperature rise
- Environment
- Carbon dioxide
- Drinking water
- Global warming
- Renewable energy
- Environmental impact
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- Plastic waste
- Carbon emissions
- Deforestation
- Sea level
- Climate change
- Naturalresources
- ozone layer
- Global climate changes
- Sustainability
- Greenhouse effect
- Environmental disasters
- greenhouse effect
24 Clues: Sea level • Pollution • ozone layer • Environment • Biodiversity • Plastic waste • Deforestation • Air pollution • Climate change • Greenhouse gas • Sustainability • Carbon dioxide • Drinking water • Global warming • fauna and flora • Carbon emissions • Naturalresources • Temperature rise • Renewable energy • Greenhouse effect • greenhouse effect • Environmental impact • Global climate changes • ...
Guess the Professor Quossword 2024-10-16
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- This Reed alum biology professor has an “o-so” fun nickname and is known for his genetics courses.
- This Reed alum linguistics professor developed a language for a science fiction show.
- This Reed alum religion professor has a cult-like following on campus and can be spotted in his signature flannel.
- This economics professor is a great choice if you want to play games in class. In his free time, he practices curling, which is a sport I had to google.
- This history professor can tell you all about Latin American civilizations.
- This creative writing professor and poet once said that she wished she went to Reed, and is from our coldest state.
- This English professor is known for yelling “Silence!” in Vollum and his published work on Modernist writers.
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- This English professor studied in New York, Boston (rather, Cambridge) and Ireland, and can tell you all about Irish literature.
- This Reed alum philosophy professor followed in the footsteps of his father, another philosopher, and shares a name with another professor in his department.
- This poli-sci professor dabbles in environmental studies and lists some of his interests as being pinball, bowling, and barbecue.
- This economics professor incorporates women’s issues into her work, and has worked in India.
- This biology professor also studied in the PNW before moving to Chicago for his Ph.D. At Reed, he mostly teaches about plants.
12 Clues: This history professor can tell you all about Latin American civilizations. • This Reed alum linguistics professor developed a language for a science fiction show. • This economics professor incorporates women’s issues into her work, and has worked in India. • This Reed alum biology professor has an “o-so” fun nickname and is known for his genetics courses. • ...
Unit 10: Waste 2026-02-05
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- Preventing waste before it is created
- Legal limits on pollutants released into the environment
- Careful use and protection of natural resources
- Processing materials to make new products
- A designated site for waste disposal where trash is buried
- Technology designed to reduce environmental impact
- Using items again without significant processing
- Laws or regulations created to manage human environmental impacts
- Law protecting threatened and endangered species
- Able to be broken down naturally by microorganisms
- Burning waste to reduce volume and sometimes produce energy
- United States law regulating air emissions
- Turning waste materials into higher value products
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- Evaluating environmental impacts of a product from creation to disposal
- Moral principles guiding human interactions with the environment
- Using resources in ways that meet current needs without harming future generations
- Comparing economic costs with environmental and social benefits
- The collection processing and disposal or reuse of waste materials
- Decomposition of organic waste into nutrient rich soil
- United States law regulating water pollution
20 Clues: Preventing waste before it is created • Processing materials to make new products • United States law regulating air emissions • United States law regulating water pollution • Careful use and protection of natural resources • Using items again without significant processing • Law protecting threatened and endangered species • ...
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 • ...
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. • ...
Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes Crossword Puzzle 2025-10-31
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- Science. /What is economics?
- /What year was he born?
- what year did John Maynard Keynes write the General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money?
- year did he write his book?
- receive his education?
- Intervention/He was the first to explain what?
- of Cambridge/Where did John Maynard
- Invisible Hand/. What did he believe in?
- Theory of Employment, Interest and Money/What famous book did he write?
- Smith /Who was the father of economics?
- /Where was he educated at?
- contradiction/What is the paradox of value?
- theories/During World War Il, the United States and most of Europe used what from John Maynard Keynes?
- identified in investment spending?
- wealth of nations/What influential book did he write?
- year did he die?
- /Adam Smith was a Scottish what?
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- year was he born?
- Economist/Until the 1930s what was Keynes considered?
- year was his final work?
- /What year did he die?
- economics/What is named after him?
- Self-Interest/What did Adam Smith believe in?
- States to Britain/Where was his final work?
- /What equation did he create?
- /What was something
- systems/What is the ideal economic system?
- are Keynes's ideas important in the study of economics?
- did Adam Smith criticize?
- something to have value/What did he argue for?
- Demand/How were Keynes's ideas different from what is in practice today?
- in investment/What did Keynes envision?
- Words Conference/After the war where was Keynes a representative at?
33 Clues: year did he die? • year was he born? • /What was something • /What year did he die? • receive his education? • /What year was he born? • year was his final work? • did Adam Smith criticize? • year did he write his book? • Science. /What is economics? • /Where was he educated at? • /Adam Smith was a Scottish what? • economics/What is named after him? • ...
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.
Geography Key Terms 2024-10-01
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- Environmental sphere that contains Gases and Air
- Short-term atmospheric conditions at a specific time in a given area
- Global ____ System
- Description of location as an angle East or West of equator expressed in degrees
- Plants
- Environmental sphere that contains all living things
- Organism that eats/ takes energy
- ___ Information System
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- Environmental sphere that contains Rocks and Minerals
- Description of location as an angle North or South of equator expressed in degrees
- Animals
- Organism that gives energy
- Environmental sphere that contains Water
- True representation of the Earth
- Aggregate daily weather conditions over a long period of time, also encompasses variations and extremes
- 2-D representation of the Earth
16 Clues: Plants • Animals • Global ____ System • ___ Information System • Organism that gives energy • 2-D representation of the Earth • True representation of the Earth • Organism that eats/ takes energy • Environmental sphere that contains Water • Environmental sphere that contains Gases and Air • Environmental sphere that contains all living things • ...
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 • ...
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 • ...
Puzzle 7 2024-04-07
15 Clues: - Day • - Air • - Water • - Nader • - Earth • - Species • - Control • - Campaign • - Movement • - Formation • - Foundation • - Substances • - Protection • - Regulation • - Environmental
Environmental Science 2020-09-11
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- emissions that are released into the environment from many points, not just one
- gradual accumulation of substances, such as pesticides or other chemicals, in an organism.
- pollution from man made activities
- when you get a greater effect by combining two or more organisms or components together than you would get by adding the effects of each.
- the quality of being toxic or poisonous.
- a substance capable of causing cancer in living tissue
- a process or place that removes, stores or absorbs the pollutant
- the dose of a substance that is sufficient to kill 50% percent of the specified test animal within a set period of time
- the adverse health effects of repeated doses or exposure to the material over a relatively prolonged period
- organic compounds that are resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes.
- how much of a pollution a person is exposed to in a given amount of time
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- emissions that are released from a single identifiable point, specified site or location
- emissions of gases or vapors from pressurised equipment due to leaks and other unintended or irregular releases of gases, mostly from industrial activities
- any air pollution emitted by motor vehicles, airplanes, locomotives, and other engines and equipment that can be moved from one location to another
- adverse effects of a substance that result either from a single exposure or from multiple exposures in a short period of time
- any concentration of a toxin, such as pesticides, in the tissues of tolerant organisms at successively higher levels in a food chain.
- the point at which there is an abrupt change in an ecosystem quality, property or phenomenon, or where small changes in an environmental driver produce large responses in the ecosystem
- the amount of chemical absorbed per unit of body weight
- the dose of a substance that is sufficient to kill a percentage of the specified test animal within a set period of time
- a colourless pungent toxic gas formed by burning sulphur in air
20 Clues: pollution from man made activities • the quality of being toxic or poisonous. • a substance capable of causing cancer in living tissue • the amount of chemical absorbed per unit of body weight • a colourless pungent toxic gas formed by burning sulphur in air • a process or place that removes, stores or absorbs the pollutant • ...
Environmental system 2020-08-25
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- One of the first Demographers.
- American environmentalist who warned of the dangers of overpopulation.
- Marin biologist who put in march the modern ambiental consciousness.
- Notable figure in science and therapeutic medisin.
- Discover the cure and create Inmunity to Viruela.
- The first African American woman to recieve the Nobel prize.
- Link the water contaminated because of a bomb that cause the outbreak of cholera in Londres.
- Published more than 300 articles about nature.
- One of the first conservation thinkers.
- America's first environmentalist.
- A day where people collect garbage, plant trees, sign petitions.
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- Get the independence of India.
- Danish economist focused on the development of agriculture and its relation to population growth.
- Evolution Homosapiens.
- Implement ational parks and national forests in the United States.
- Leader of the movement "New thinking".
- Nobel prize winner for his micro-credits system.
- Scientist, meteorologist, writer famous for the Gaia hypothesis.
- The great increase in production of food grains and better management techniques.
- Published "Walden" and "Civil disobedience".
20 Clues: Evolution Homosapiens. • Get the independence of India. • One of the first Demographers. • America's first environmentalist. • Leader of the movement "New thinking". • One of the first conservation thinkers. • Published "Walden" and "Civil disobedience". • Published more than 300 articles about nature. • Nobel prize winner for his micro-credits system. • ...
Vinnubók-environmental 2021-11-19
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- þjóðarmorð
- vatnsorka
- spendýr
- innihald
- þróast
- jarðfræðingur
- jökul-
- vistkerfi
- hálendi
- lyfjafræðilegur
- hraði
- málmbræðsla
- vaxtastaður
- vatnsgeymir
- prímati
- hvetja
- sjávar
- ónógur
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- sýrumyndun
- kafa,færa í kaf
- jarðvegur_veðrun
- flytja_á_milli_landa
- löggjafi
- kjörlendi
- viðurkenna
- aðskotadýr
- hernaðaráætlun
- lífvænleiki
- tegund
- hugtak
- liggja_saman
- eyða_skóg
- eftirköst
- hverfa
34 Clues: hraði • þróast • jökul- • tegund • hugtak • hvetja • hverfa • sjávar • ónógur • spendýr • hálendi • prímati • löggjafi • innihald • vatnsorka • kjörlendi • vistkerfi • eyða_skóg • eftirköst • sýrumyndun • þjóðarmorð • viðurkenna • aðskotadýr • lífvænleiki • málmbræðsla • vaxtastaður • vatnsgeymir • liggja_saman • jarðfræðingur • hernaðaráætlun • kafa,færa í kaf • lyfjafræðilegur • jarðvegur_veðrun • flytja_á_milli_landa
Environmental Issues 2021-12-04
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- a long period where there is little or no rain
- the atmospheric conditions which relate to a specific time and place
- a layer of oil that is floating over a large area of the surface of the sea, usually because of an accident
- a transparent gas that is either emitted or absorbed by all living things
- animals or plants in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
- damage caused to water, air, land, etc. by harmful substances or waste
- a layer of air high above the earth which prevents harmful ultraviolet light from the sun from reaching the earth
- the power from something which can do work, such as providing light and heat
- to put organic waste into a large container that breaks down into healthy soil
- the number and variety of plant and animal species that exist in a particular area
- a weather condition that contains large amounts of harmful chemicals as a result of burning fossil fuels
- able to decay naturally and harmlessly
- typical weather conditions for a specific part of the world
- a rise in the earth's temperature caused by an increase in greenhouse gases
- sources of energy derived from the remains of living things that died a long time ago
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- things such as minerals, forests, coal, etc. which exist in a place and can be used by people
- the cutting down of trees in a large area
- major, long term changes to global weather patterns
- the poisonous gas formed by the burning of carbon, especially car fuel
- natural habitats that support different kinds of animal and plant life
- the air, water, and land in which people, animals, and plants live
- unwanted material of any time, often which is left after useful substances have been removed
- the layer of air surrounding the earth that protects us from the sun's harmful rays
- a form of energy that can be produced as quickly as it is used
- energy generated by the sun and filtered by the atmosphere
- when a plant or animal species dies out
- a measurement of the amount of carbon-dioxide that a person adds to the atmosphere
- gases and other substances discharged into the air
28 Clues: able to decay naturally and harmlessly • when a plant or animal species dies out • the cutting down of trees in a large area • a long period where there is little or no rain • gases and other substances discharged into the air • major, long term changes to global weather patterns • energy generated by the sun and filtered by the atmosphere • ...
Environmental Energy 2022-03-29
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- The energy stored in bonds between atoms and molecules
- Thermal energy is the movement of ________
- The energy required to move/change an object's position
- With secondary extraction, the initial pressure ________
- Energy associated with the movement/flow of electrons
- The name for oil initially extracted from the ground
- A very commonly used process for converting stored chemical energy into forms we can use for other things
- Fossil fuels are an example of what kind of resource?
- With primary extraction, the natural underground ______ pushes the oil to the surface requiring no additional action
- America is known to consume the most energy in what major sector?
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- _______ resources are generally readily available and are replaced quickly
- Energy of an object due to its position or shape
- Electromagnetic energy is the energy emitted in the form of _______ of the electromagnetic spectrum
- This law of thermodynamics states energy can never be created or destroyed, it can only change form
- Subsurface mining is used when coal deposits are deep _________
- The energy of motion
- Strip mining is used when deposits are near the ______
- ______ fuels are materials we often combust to produce these forms of energy
- Nuclear energy is stored in forces holding atomic _____ together
- Most common fossil fuel
20 Clues: The energy of motion • Most common fossil fuel • Thermal energy is the movement of ________ • Energy of an object due to its position or shape • The name for oil initially extracted from the ground • Energy associated with the movement/flow of electrons • Fossil fuels are an example of what kind of resource? • The energy stored in bonds between atoms and molecules • ...
Environmental CrossWord 2013-10-30
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- A raised ridge-shaped formation moving across the surface of a liquid.
- Narrow opening in coastline.
- Layer of water under pressure.
- Relating to formed in or found in.
- Water not absorbed by soil.
- Watercourse for removing unwanted water.
- Accumulation of natural materials by a graduall process.
- 1,000 Litres.
- To decay naturally as a result of the action of the bacteria.
- 1,000,000 litres.
- Photosynthetic Plants of a group that live mainly in water.
- Tidal wave in a river.
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- Movements of waves.
- The process of putting back something natural.
- Study of organisms and the encironment.
- A mass of eggs of a fish or amphibian.
- The life and activities of people, plants and animals.
- To pass or escape through an opening.
- Low lying land that is covered in sediment due to frequent flooding.
- Container for collecting rain water.
- Barrier protecting land from waves.
- Sea wall preventing land erosion.
- A hole in the roof of a sea cave.
23 Clues: 1,000 Litres. • 1,000,000 litres. • Movements of waves. • Tidal wave in a river. • Water not absorbed by soil. • Narrow opening in coastline. • Layer of water under pressure. • Sea wall preventing land erosion. • A hole in the roof of a sea cave. • Relating to formed in or found in. • Barrier protecting land from waves. • Container for collecting rain water. • ...
Environmental Crossword 2013-08-25
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- Fuels Decayed organisms used as non-renewable resources
- An area that is the home of certain flora and fauna
- The act of destroying forests and woodlands
- To d0 with the sea
- Collecting, cleaning and re-using waste materials
- The act of planting more trees
- A blend of smoke and fog that is unhealthy
- Gas Gases like methane that damage our ozone layer
- Damage made to natural environment by human activities
- Plant life in an area
- Change A change in climate that can impact on the environment
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- Species Animals and plants on the brink of extinction
- Abundant and abe to be used in the future
- An environment with the relationship of flora and fauna
- To do with the environment
- Types of animals or plants
- Warming Changes An increase in the average world temperature
- Species Flora and fauna found nowhere else in the world
- An almost colourless form of oxygen
- Animal life in an area
20 Clues: To d0 with the sea • Plant life in an area • Animal life in an area • To do with the environment • Types of animals or plants • The act of planting more trees • An almost colourless form of oxygen • Abundant and abe to be used in the future • A blend of smoke and fog that is unhealthy • The act of destroying forests and woodlands • ...
Environmental Chemistry 2013-06-04
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- Chemical compounds released from aerosols that deplete ozone
- Percent of water on Earth that is fresh water
- Air pollutant that creates acid rain (sulfuric acid)
- Type of acid with almost 100% dissociation of ions
- Chemicals that can be used to soften hard water
- Percent of liquid water that is avaliable for all human activities
- what MAC stands for
- polyatomic ion that all bases contain
- Agreement signed by 160 Nations to reduce greenhoouse gases
- Property of water due to uneven sharing of electrons
- 1.2billion people do not have access to this type of water
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- Common property of acids and bases
- Type of water pollution including dissolved substances such as fertilizers
- Element that ALL acids contain
- Type of reaction between an acid and a base
- Used in Ontario to quantify the pollutant in the air and issue warnings based on levels
- Type of compound used to clean up an acid spill
- Bacteria in water that is always 100% removed, having a 0 MAC level
- Substance with a pH less than seven
- Water contaminants such as bacteria and viruses
- Air pollutant creating carbonic acid, contributing to acid rain
- Layer of the atmosphere that protects us from harmful UV Rays
- Type of water containing metal ions dissolved from rocks
23 Clues: what MAC stands for • Element that ALL acids contain • Common property of acids and bases • Substance with a pH less than seven • polyatomic ion that all bases contain • Type of reaction between an acid and a base • Percent of water on Earth that is fresh water • Chemicals that can be used to soften hard water • Type of compound used to clean up an acid spill • ...
Environmental Science 2014-02-12
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- inherited trait that increases an organisms chance of survival
- group of various species that live in the same place and interact with each other.
- Factors/ The nonliving parts of the ecosystem.
- of the organisms living in an area together with their physical environment.
- group of organisms that can mate to produce fertile offspring.
- to tolerate a particular chemical designed to kill it
- an organism whose cells have nuclei and cell walls
- that have backbones
- Factors/The living and once living parts of when ecosystem.
- population from one generation to the next
- individual living thing.
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- found in soil and animal bodies
- selection/ the selective breeding of organisms
- found in extreme places
- The place an organism lives.
- the members of the same species that live in the same place at the same time.
- selection/ The survival and reproduction of organisms with particular traits
- diverse group of one celled organisms
- plants that produce seeds
- flowering plants that produce seeds in fruit
- animals that lack backbones
21 Clues: that have backbones • found in extreme places • individual living thing. • plants that produce seeds • animals that lack backbones • The place an organism lives. • found in soil and animal bodies • diverse group of one celled organisms • population from one generation to the next • flowering plants that produce seeds in fruit • selection/ the selective breeding of organisms • ...
Environmental Policy 2014-03-11
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- An industry protected by client politics
- The 1962 book that led to the banning of DDT
- The _____ effect causes global warming
- A type of incentive in which a company can close an existing factory to open a new plant nearby
- The result of factory emissions mixing with water in the atmosphere
- The US Vice-President (first and last name) who had a reputation as an environmentalist
- The Clean Air Act is an example of this type of politics
- The public is more likely to support a policy with perceived ____ costs
- The _____ _____ Act protects animals that are at risk of going extinct
- The abbreviation for the form that must be filed to assess the environmental impact of any federally-funded project
- The ____ ____ Act imposed tighter regulations on car companies
- The total amount of air pollution that can come from a given factory
- The 1970s administration that began to replace harsh regulations with incentives
- The proposed 1997 treaty calling for a 5% reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions
- A type of incentive in which a company can reduce its emissions by more than the law requires and use or sell the excess
- The abbreviation for the act that established Superfund
- The ____ ____ Improvement Act was published in 1970 as a reaction to the 1969 oil spill in Santa Barbara, CA
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- The type of politics that prevents the government from imposing tighter regulations on pesticides
- The 1990s administration that reevaluated existing environmental policies
- The 1970s battle over emissions between midwestern factories and residents of New England and Canada is an example of ____ _____ politics
- The president (first and last name) who strengthened the EPA in 1986
- _____ Fuels include oil and petroleum
- The _____ system provides a challenge to environmental policy largely unique to the US
- The type of politics used in the creation and enforcement of the Endangered Species Act
- The system that provides a challenge to federal environmental policy by leaving regulation to the states
- The agency responsible for cleaning up hazardous waste sites
- The main greenhouse gas released by burning fuel
- The holiday celebrated each year on April 22nd
- The last name of the author who published a book condemning DDT
- The state in which radioactive waste is stored
- The _____ and Control strategy
- The initials of the federal agency in charge of protecting the environment
32 Clues: The _____ and Control strategy • _____ Fuels include oil and petroleum • The _____ effect causes global warming • An industry protected by client politics • The 1962 book that led to the banning of DDT • The holiday celebrated each year on April 22nd • The state in which radioactive waste is stored • The main greenhouse gas released by burning fuel • ...
Environmental Management 2012-12-10
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- Highly organized cell with a nucleus
- A measurement of disorder
- _____ is the ability to reproduce more offspring with similar qualities that are favourable adaptations for the species survive in changing or harsh environmental conditions. (2 Words)
- A midpoint in the water cycle, between rivers and oceans
- These are negatively charged ions that continually orbit the nucleus of an atom.
- The role of an organism which plays within the structure and functions of an ecosystem. (2 Words)
- _____ are organisms that live on or within their food source completing the break down of complex molecules into simpler compounds, a process in which we would label as rotting or decaying.
- A chemical composition when two or more elements are held together by a an attraction by they're constituent atoms resulting in the bonding of basic elements in fixed proportions creating ____.
- A species that is native to a particular geographic region. (2 Words)
- A lake oversaturated with nutrients
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- The ability or capacity to do work.
- The ____ states that energy is neither created nor destroyed. (4 Words)
- This is the variety of biological communities such as forests, desserts and grass lands with interact with the physical and chemical environments. (2 Words)
- Many become invasive species. (2 Words)
- The ____ is when two separate species are forced to compete for the same resources often resulting in one species migrating to a new habitat in an attempt to survive and both declining rapidly in numbers. (3 Words)
- ______ are consumers that ingest fragments and selected parts of dead organic material.
- Environmental growth limit (2 words)
- The amount of oxygen dissolved in a given volume of water at a particular temperature and pressure. (3 Words)
- This is one of the basic forms of chemical composition.
- Found in the and around the oceans of warm tropical and subtropical climates, they are rich in life and can contains over 3000 species of coral, fish and shellfish. (2 Words)
- The end of a species, also watch out for the meteor.
- The measure of an energy source’s ability to perform useful work. (2 Words)
- Organisms that digest and consume the cells, tissue and waste products of other organisms are considered or called _____.
- The study of the interactions of living organisms.
- A community and its members interacting with each other and their non-living environment.
- An area where members of the same species interact in a sustainable way.
- Climbing plants that use their roots to filter nutrients from the air
- Part of the earth inhabited by plants and animals and their interactions with the atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere.
28 Clues: A measurement of disorder • The ability or capacity to do work. • A lake oversaturated with nutrients • Highly organized cell with a nucleus • Environmental growth limit (2 words) • Many become invasive species. (2 Words) • The study of the interactions of living organisms. • The end of a species, also watch out for the meteor. • ...
Environmental Science 2012-10-17
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- Decomposed organic matter
- a grassland often turned into farmland
- Reusing
- Not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources, and thereby supporting long-term ecological balance
- species indicate some value in the environment such as climate change
- A standing dead tree
- succession the gradual change from one species to another as environmental conditions change
- log A fallen tree that other trees will us the nutrients from and grow from it
- Forest Government owned forest
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- plant stage Small plants begin to poke out of the water
- Forest forest that hasn't been touched by logging or natural disaster
- the protective shell of many animals such as a scorpion
- Low wet land often treeless and flooded
- growth Forest has more standing dead trees and more bio-diverse ecosystem
- plant stage Plant life begins to grow under the water such as algae and humus
- the presence of a large number of different species
- Capable of living or being lived in
- stage small amounts of plants growing around the edge of pond or lake
- Duck Most common duck in new Brunswick
- Wet Spongy land often with certain types of trees, occasional flooding
20 Clues: Reusing • A standing dead tree • Decomposed organic matter • Forest Government owned forest • Capable of living or being lived in • a grassland often turned into farmland • Duck Most common duck in new Brunswick • Low wet land often treeless and flooded • the presence of a large number of different species • plant stage Small plants begin to poke out of the water • ...
Environmental Vocabulary 2013-04-08
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- sharp reduction in the population of a species when its numbers exceed the carrying capacity of its habitat
- organism that gets its nutrients by feeding on photosynthetic organisms and other consumers
- biome found in regions where enough annual average precipitation to support the growth of grass and small plants
- chemical that kills fungi
- variety of different species
- one organism benefits while the other remains unharmed
- organic matter produced by plants
- growing and harvesting of fish and shellfish for human use
- capacity to do work
- parts of dead organisms and cast off fragments and wastes of living organisms
- person who is concerned about the impacts of human activities on the environment
- amount of a potentially harmful substance digested, inhaled, etc
- mass movements of surface water produced by prevailing winds blowing over the oceans
- a chlorinated hydrocarbon that has been widely used as an insecticide
- water that sinks into the soil and is stored in slowly flowing and slowly renewed underground reservoirs called aquifers
- party in a court case being charged with creating a harm
- species that are found in only one area
- producer
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- high sulfur, heavy oil extracted from oil sand and then upgraded to synthetic fuel oil
- promote the development of cancer
- increase in concentration of a chemical in tissue
- migration of people into a country
- determined by temperature and precipitation
- can be broken down by decomposers
- bottom-dwelling organisms
- life centered
- coded units of information about specific traits that are passed from parents to offspring during reproduction
- inner zone of earth
- solid outer zone of the earth
- basic building blocks of all matter
- digests parts of dead organisms
- nonliving
- plant that uses its roots to attach itself to branches high in trees
- family of 75 chlorinated hydrocarbon compounds formed as unwanted by-products in chemical reactions
- studies the relationship between organisms and their environment
35 Clues: producer • nonliving • life centered • capacity to do work • inner zone of earth • chemical that kills fungi • bottom-dwelling organisms • variety of different species • solid outer zone of the earth • digests parts of dead organisms • promote the development of cancer • can be broken down by decomposers • organic matter produced by plants • migration of people into a country • ...
Environmental protection 2015-04-13
20 Clues: prey • flood • breed • aware • mammal • forbid • lizard • unique • weasel • reptile • logging • predator • existence • ecosystem • volunteer • rainforest • Amazonbasin • environment • construction • conservation
Environmental Studies 2014-09-08
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- The splitting of the molecules by light including the splitting of water molecules in the early atmosphere, producing oxygen.
- The force that attracts the body towards the centre of the earth, or towards any other physical body having mass.
- the process green plants use to take nutrients from carbon dioxide and water.
- The gases surrounding the earth. Different layers are characterised by their temperature, density, turbulence and composition.
- Heat Capacity: the measure of the amount of heat energy needed to heat up a particular mass of a material to a particular temperature.
- Gas: a gas that absorbs infrared radiation and causes atmospheric heating.
- Rocks: A class of sedimentary rock, Lyme stone is an example of this.
- Triatomic oxygen which absorbs UV light in the stratosphere.
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- All the water on earth. found in all states, in a variety of reservoirs (ocean, ice caps, rivers, lakes, soil, ground water, atmosphere and living organisms).
- Fuels: formed from plant or animal material that was buried millions of years ago, which was prevented from decomposing, heat and pressure caused chemical changes.
- radiation: radiation consisting of particles, x-rays or gamma rays with sufficient energy to cause ionization in a medium through which it passes.
- The relatively hard outer layer of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper layer of the mantle.
- axis: the angle between an objects equatorial plane and orbital plane.
- Solvent: most chemical reaction in cells take place dissolved in water.
- The loss of water by evaporation from the stomata under the leaves.
- radiation: invisible rays that are part of the energy that comes from the sun. (can burn the skin and cause skin cancer)
- Expansion: Unusual expansion, usually applied to water, which expands as it is cooled below 4 degrees centigrade.
- All living organisms on earth.
- gases: the surrounding environmental gases that are available to organisms.
- habitats: a living space for all aquatic animals.
20 Clues: All living organisms on earth. • habitats: a living space for all aquatic animals. • Triatomic oxygen which absorbs UV light in the stratosphere. • The loss of water by evaporation from the stomata under the leaves. • Rocks: A class of sedimentary rock, Lyme stone is an example of this. • axis: the angle between an objects equatorial plane and orbital plane. • ...
Environmental chemistry 2016-05-17
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- Type of toxicity when a chemical causes serious symptoms after one exposure
- Element in fertilizer that promotes the growth of fruit and flowers
- Substance that can capture oxides
- Pesticide used to control weeds
- Device that uses a sorbent to reduce oxide emissions
- High concentration of chemicals reach organisms high in the food chain (mercury in fish)
- Type of organic nutrient such as saturated fats, milk and cheese
- Pesticide used to control fungus (paint additive)
- Pesticide used in WWII to control insects affects seabirds by thinning their eggshells
- Type of organic nutrient such as cellulose, rice, grains, potatoes (starchy foods)
- Nutrients that do not contain carbon
- Process when a material combines with oxygen (corrosion, combustion)
- Mineral that the body requires in the amount of 100mg/day or less to stay healthy
- Pollutant that enters the environment from a specific location
- Waste product that can be broken down by nature (fertilizer)
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- Acid + base = ________ + water
- Element in fertilizer that promotes the growth of green in plants
- Type of toxicity when a chemical causses symptoms after many exposures
- pH<5.6; Rain/snow that is acidic caused by atmospheric pollution
- Element in fertilizer that promotes the growth of healthy roots
- Blue litmus paper turns this colour in an acide
- Red litmus paper turns this colour in a base
- Mineral that the body requires in the amount of 100mg/day or more to stay healthy
- Process of adding calcium carbonate to the environment
- pH<7; includes tart/sour tasting foods
- Substance that changes colour to indicate the presence of an acid or base
- Waste product that do not break down (pesticides)
- pH>7; includes bitter tasting foods
- Type of organic nutrient such as insulin, fish, eggs, meat and dairy
- Chemical sprayed on crops to control pests
- Nutrients that contain carbon; formed only by plants
- Pesticide used to control insects (bug spray)
- The dose of a chemical that will kill 50% of the population
33 Clues: Acid + base = ________ + water • Pesticide used to control weeds • Substance that can capture oxides • pH>7; includes bitter tasting foods • Nutrients that do not contain carbon • pH<7; includes tart/sour tasting foods • Chemical sprayed on crops to control pests • Red litmus paper turns this colour in a base • Pesticide used to control insects (bug spray) • ...
Environmental Geology 2016-03-04
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- deposit zone of high grade ore just below the water table formed by secondary enrichment
- heaps comprise waste piled up on the ground
- horizontal tunnel dug into a hillside
- when too little rock is extracted
- insoluble cap of iron oxides at the surface
- long-term weather conditions affecting an area
- power releasing water stored behind a dam to turn a turbine to generate electricity
- a geological situation that concentrates petroleum in one place
- vein formed when minerals precipitate into a fracture
- material is scraped or sucked from the river or sea bed.
- impermeable rock that does not transmit water
- rotational downwards and outwards of movement of incompetent rock and material.
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- recovery where water is injected below or natural gas injected above the oil to maintain pressure
- insoluble products of chemical weathering
- resource is a useful and valuable natural material
- uncontrolled oil gush to the surface
- energy energy extracted from hot subsurface rocks or water
- large igneous intrusion below a volcano with a porphyritic texture.
- dilution where tributaries meet and water and sediment from other sources is added.
- liquids that do not mix
- red tropical soil made of hydrated iron and aluminium oxides.
- percentage of carbon in coal
- solution metal-laden solution produced by in situ or heap leaching.
- mining mining from surface quarries
- down height difference between water table and water level in well
25 Clues: liquids that do not mix • percentage of carbon in coal • when too little rock is extracted • mining mining from surface quarries • uncontrolled oil gush to the surface • horizontal tunnel dug into a hillside • insoluble products of chemical weathering • heaps comprise waste piled up on the ground • insoluble cap of iron oxides at the surface • ...
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES 2023-03-03
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- the place to which someone is going
- providing personal satisfaction
- to extinguish fire
- comfortable and useful
- gases released by a vehicle when the engine is running
- the quantity of water available
- bulls and cows for farming
- the land,forest and energy sources existing in nature
- made to be thrown away after use
- an open site for disposing of waste materials
- materials used to wrap or protect goods
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- a waste container on wheels
- the washing of clothes and lilin
- the fact that the natural environment of a plant or animal no longer exists
- polluted rain that can damage trees and kill fish in lakes
- to travel to or from work every day
- an organic fertiliser
- coal,gas
- to pull out an electrical cord from its socket
- to arrange with friends to travel to work in one car in turns to share the expences
- an effect or result
- psycologically connected with sb
- digging deep holes in the ground to remove precious stones or metals
23 Clues: coal,gas • to extinguish fire • an effect or result • an organic fertiliser • comfortable and useful • bulls and cows for farming • a waste container on wheels • providing personal satisfaction • the quantity of water available • the washing of clothes and lilin • psycologically connected with sb • made to be thrown away after use • the place to which someone is going • ...
Environmental Science 2022-09-19
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- water applied to land by human means
- soil is carried away by rain or irrigation water
- layered organic material that protects soil
- preserving and protecting the natural environment
- when moisture falls from the clouds
- any organism that has a negative effect on health
- readily avaliable and can be replaced
- the ability to continue or maintain
- can not be replaced
- tilling activity drags soil downhill
- planting different crops seasonally
- erosion caused by high air velocity close to the ground
- kills pests
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- grass planted in areas of concentrated water flow
- growth of crops in a nutrient solution
- grown for protection and health of the soil
- loss of fertile land
- the level below which the ground is saturated with water
- each of a series of flat areas made on a slope
- contains little to no salt
- erosion causes soil to lose this
- when liquids turn to vapor
- genetically modified organism
- water erosion, poor surface draining
- water erosion; direct rainfall
- grown without fertilizers, hormones, or pesticides
26 Clues: kills pests • can not be replaced • loss of fertile land • contains little to no salt • when liquids turn to vapor • genetically modified organism • water erosion; direct rainfall • erosion causes soil to lose this • when moisture falls from the clouds • the ability to continue or maintain • planting different crops seasonally • water applied to land by human means • ...
Environmental Vocabulary 2023-04-19
30 Clues: pulk • tulus • karje • eirama • kihvad • trofee • kuivama • luurama • tungima • timukas • nullima • sundima • põlgama • jäsemed • kahanema • laienema • lamendama • elupaigad • panustama • loovutama • vallandada • ekosüsteem • tasandikud • kõrbestuma • kompromiss • kaasasündinud • salaküttimine • silmitsi seisma • metsa hävitamine • suveniirid/nipsasjad
Environmental Laws 2023-02-12
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- protects coasts from harmful development.
- Regulates and enforces all discharge into water sources and wetland destruction/construction.
- Selected rivers in the United States are preserved for possessing outstandingly, remarkable scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural, or other similar values.
- International treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands.
- Promotes a national environment free from noise that jeopardizes health and welfare. Establishes research, noise standards, and information dissemination
- Requires purchase of a stamp by waterfowl hunters. Revenue generated is used to acquire wetlands. Since its inception, the program has resulted in the protection of approximately 4.5 million acres (18,000 km²) of waterfowl habitat.
- EPA is given the ability to track the 75,000 industrial chemicals currently produced or imported into the United States. EPA repeatedly screens these chemicals and can require reporting or testing.
- Regulates the dumping of wastes into oceans and coastal waters
- Requires restoration of abandoned mines.
- Established primary and secondary air quality standards. Required states to develop implementation plans. Sets limits and goals to reduce mobile source air pollution and ambient air quality standards.
- Assures the safety, wholesomeness, efficacy, and truthful packaging and labeling of food, drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices. Regulates contaminants.
- Management of non-hazardous and hazardous solid waste including landfills and storage tanks. Set minimal standards for all waste disposal facilities and for hazardous wastes. Cradle to grave.
- provides public warnings of the risk of exposure to toxic chemicals in drinking supplies, California
- Regulates the sale, distribution, and application of pesticides.
- Requires reporting of toxic releases
- Protects species that are considered to be threatened or endangered. Includes migratory birds and their habitats.
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- Provides for a continuing appraisal of US soil, water, and related resources, including fish and wildlife habitats, and a soil and water conservation program to assist landowners.
- Provides for the coordination of federal research and activities in noise control. Authorized FAA funds for development of noise abatement plans around airports.
- Established the National Wilderness Preservation System, a national network of more than 800 federally-designated wilderness areas. These wilderness areas are managed by the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and US Forest Service.
- A United States federal law that regulates grazing on federal public land. The Secretary of the Interior has the authority to handle all of the regulations, and he became responsible for establishing grazing districts. Before these districts are created there must be a hearing held by the state.
- Created Yosemite and Yellowstone National Parks.
- To find better and more efficient ways to dispose of solid waste; promotes shredding and separation of waste and burning of remaining materials to produce stream or generate electricity; promotes recycling.
- Provides protection of the scenic, historic and ecological values of federal lands and for public involvement in their management
- EPA is given the ability to track the 75,000 industrial chemicals currently produced or imported into the United States. EPA repeatedly screens these chemicals and can require reporting or testing
- Requires facilities to reduce pollution at its source. Reduction can be in volume or toxicity.
- United States federal law that authorizes and governs prospecting and mining for economic minerals, such as gold, platinum, and silver, on federal public lands
- Established the soil conservation service, which deals with soil erosion problems, carries out soil surveys, and does research on soil salinity.
- Established federal authority for emergency response and clean-up of hazardous substances that have been spilled, improperly disposed, or released into the environment.
- Makes it unlawful for any person to dump or transport for the purpose of dumping sewage, sludge, or industrial waste into ocean waters.
- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is allowed to set the standards for drinking water quality and oversees all of the states, localities, and water suppliers who implement these standards.
- Authorized the president to assist countries in protecting and maintaining wildlife habitat and provides an active role in conservation by the Agency for International Development
- Authorized the Council on Environmental Quality as the oversight board for general conditions, directs federal agencies to take environmental consequences into account in decision making; requires EIP statement to be prepared for every major federal project having environmental impact.
32 Clues: Requires reporting of toxic releases • Requires restoration of abandoned mines. • protects coasts from harmful development. • Created Yosemite and Yellowstone National Parks. • Regulates the dumping of wastes into oceans and coastal waters • Regulates the sale, distribution, and application of pesticides. • ...
Environmental Puzzle 2017-05-22
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- Group of whales (3 letters)
- largest Rain-Forest In The World. (6 letters)
- tallest mammal (7 letters)
- Renewable Source Of Energy (3 letters)
- Largest Religion In The World. (12 letters)
- Country Without Any River (11 letters)
- Metal That Never Erodes (4 letters)
- Largest Country. (6 letters)
- Only Liquid Metal (7 letters)
- Study of Thunder (10 letters)
- Study Of Weather Patterns For Long (7 letters)
- Biggest Mountain In The World. (7 letters)
- Only Continent Without Active Volcano (9 letters)
- Largest River In The World. ( 4 letters)
- Man made structure Used to harness hydroelectric power (3 letters)
- Rarest Colour Of Diamonds (5 letters)
- A true island state (6 letters)
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- Layer of the atmosphere protects us from the sun's most harmful rays. (5 letters)
- Gas Common For Pollution. ( 14 letters)
- Largest Automobile Plant In the World (7 letters)
- World's Smallest Country (11 letters)
- Continent Without Reptiles & Snakes (10 letters)
- First Country to Get To Mars (5 letters)
- Group Of Rhinos (5 letters)
- First Woman On The Moon (9 letters)
- Only Bird Capable of Flying Backwards (7 letters)
- Smallest Dog Specie (9 letters)
- Softest Mineral (4 letters)
- Cleanest City In The World. (7 letters)
- Black Liquid Used as Fuel When Refined. (3 letters)
30 Clues: tallest mammal (7 letters) • Group of whales (3 letters) • Group Of Rhinos (5 letters) • Softest Mineral (4 letters) • Largest Country. (6 letters) • Only Liquid Metal (7 letters) • Study of Thunder (10 letters) • Smallest Dog Specie (9 letters) • A true island state (6 letters) • First Woman On The Moon (9 letters) • Metal That Never Erodes (4 letters) • ...
Environmental Services 2017-08-18
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- These are used to keep your hands clean.
- What is the name of the disinfectant we use to clean?
- Who is the head of safety and security?
- What is used to clean the toilets?
- What company takes care of RED trash and sharps for the hospital?
- Who is the manager of ES?
- Evening discharge cleaners are called?
- What brand of bleach do we use to clean with?
- This is used to clean the carpet.
- What floor is ICU on?
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- What is the name of the security company?
- Used to collect trash from multiple areas.
- What is the name of the fragrance spray we use?
- What tupe of rags do we use to clean? (blue and yellow)
- Weeks How far out should you schedule PTO?
- What is the brand of electronic paper towels we use?
- This is used to swipe you into the building or certain areas.
- What is the Color of ES Scrubs?
- What program is used to look up chemicals?
- 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? • Who is the head of safety and security? • These are used to keep your hands clean. • What company takes care of pest control? • What is the name of the security company? • ...
environmental systems 2020-02-06
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- a substance that is toxic to plants, used to destroy unwanted vegetation.
- the action or process of adapting or being adapted.
- prevention of wasteful use of a resource.
- the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture.
- is waste that is dangerous or potentially harmful to our health or the environment.
- An invasive species is a species that is not native to a specific location, and that has a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage to the environment, human economy or human health.
- A species that normally lives and thrives in a particular ecosystem.
- a term describing the relational position of a species or population in an ecosystem. ... According to the competitive exclusion principle, no two species can occupy the same niche in the same environment for a long time.
- the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
- the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
- an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.
- a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
- a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
- involves the management and modification of natural environment or wilderness into built environment such as settlements and semi-natural habitats such as arable fields, pastures, and managed woods.
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- the action of preserving something.
- physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms.
- all the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds.
- a tool that allows the user to determine the identity of items in the natural world, such as trees, wildflowers, mammals, reptiles, rocks, and fish.
- refers to the range of habitats present in a region.
- avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance.
- a substance used for destroying insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants or to animals.
- the dependence of two or more people or things on each other.
- a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g. forest or tundra.
- relating to or resulting from living things, especially in their ecological relations.
- a substance used for killing insects.
25 Clues: the action of preserving something. • a substance used for killing insects. • prevention of wasteful use of a resource. • the action or process of adapting or being adapted. • refers to the range of habitats present in a region. • the dependence of two or more people or things on each other. • physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms. • ...
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 system 2020-10-16
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- the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period
- a susbstance for destroying insects or other organism harmful to cultivated plants or to animals
- non-native species that spreads from the point of introduction and becomes abundant
- carbon is exchanged among the biosphere, pedosphere, geosphere hydrosphere and atmosphere of the Earth
- a tool that allows the user to determine the identity of items in a natural world
- laying down of sediment carried by wind, water, or ice
- community of plants and animals that have common characteristics for the environment they exist in
- the draining away of water from the surface of an area
- a change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment
- the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem
- practical philosophy that aims to reduce personal and societal environment impact by making positive changed which counteract climate change and other negative environment concerns
- breakdown of rocks at the Earths surface, by the action of rainwater, extremes of temperature, and biological activity
- combined mass of water found on, under, and above the surface of a planet, minor planet or natural satellite
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- the series of processes by which nitrogen and its compounds are interconverted in the environment and in living organisms, including nitrogen fixation and decomposition
- any substance that has mass and takes up space by having volume
- biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
- the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents
- the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous affects
- avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance
- living organism that shapes an ecosystem
- prevention of wasteful use of a resource
- a system of interlocking and interdependant food chains
- management and modification of natural environment or wilderness into built environment such as settlements and semi-natural habitats
- a species that has been observed in the form of a naturally occurring and self-sustaining population
- non-living physical and chemical composition of nature
25 Clues: living organism that shapes an ecosystem • prevention of wasteful use of a resource • laying down of sediment carried by wind, water, or ice • the draining away of water from the surface of an area • non-living physical and chemical composition of nature • a system of interlocking and interdependant food chains • ...
Environmental Science 2020-10-12
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- an element of all living things
- fuel made from dead plants and animals
- everything around us
- spread of communities outside of cities
- change in inherited characteristice over time
- Leslie's middle name
- lack of food water shelter
- animals that eat other animals
- from the sun
- the ability to keep going
- moving to cities
- all the water on the earth
- material and energy needed by humans
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- a plant eater
- worldwide
- living things
- the resources an individual uses
- the air around the earth
- movement of water from air to earth
- a warm weather phenomenon
20 Clues: worldwide • from the sun • a plant eater • living things • moving to cities • everything around us • Leslie's middle name • the air around the earth • a warm weather phenomenon • the ability to keep going • lack of food water shelter • all the water on the earth • animals that eat other animals • an element of all living things • the resources an individual uses • ...
Environmental Engineering 2021-02-10
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- Technique used to remove leaves/dead insect from water.
- it should be removed before using water.
- One of the ultimate source of water is?
- Process in which chemicals is used for removing hardness from water.
- Pump used for mixing of coagulant.
- Produces a positive electrical charge.
- When temporary hard water is boiled, one of the substances formed is?
- Ca(HCO3)2 + Ca(OH)2 =?
- Process involved in Slow sand filter.
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- Constituent that causes hardness.
- Max time taken by Injection aerators.
- Most reliable and economical distribution system.
- The process of killing the infective bacteria from the water.
- Both temporary and permanent hardness of water can be removed by?
- Both temporary and permanent hardness of water can be removed on boiling water with?
- For efficient water distribution pressure must be..
- The purest form of naturally occurring water is?
- Acid used mostly for removal of milk stone is?
- Discharge of fountain aerators
- The basic process to get rid of bad smell from water.
20 Clues: Ca(HCO3)2 + Ca(OH)2 =? • Discharge of fountain aerators • Constituent that causes hardness. • Pump used for mixing of coagulant. • Max time taken by Injection aerators. • Process involved in Slow sand filter. • Produces a positive electrical charge. • One of the ultimate source of water is? • it should be removed before using water. • ...
Environmental systems 2021-03-11
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- succession newly exposed or newly formed rock is colonized by living things for the first time
- capacity the number of people, or other living organisms that a region can support without environmental degradation.
- a layer or a set of layers of gases surrounding a planet, that is held in place by gravity
- the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period
- the removal of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use
- density a measurement of population per unit area
- resource is a natural resource which will replenish to replace the portion depleted by usage and consumption
- warming a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere
- a substance that pollutes something, especially water or the atmosphere
- is the breakdown of organic matter by microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi
- growth growth whose rate becomes ever more rapid in proportion to the growing total number or size
- any of the almost spherical concentric regions of matter that make up the earth and its atmosphere, as the lithosphere and hydrosphere.
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- resource is a natural resource that cannot be readily replaced by natural means at a quick enough pace to keep up with consumption
- factor a variable of a system that causes a noticeable change in output or another measure of a type of system
- layer is a region of Earth's stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun's ultraviolet radiation
- species are hardy species which are the first to colonize barren environments or previously biodiverse steady-state ecosystems that have been disrupted, such as by fire.
- the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism
- the process by which large numbers of people become permanently concentrated in relatively small areas, forming cities
- a number of all the organisms of the same group or species who live in a particular geographical area
- effect is the process by which radiation from a planet's atmosphere warms the planet's surface to a temperature above what it would be without this atmosphere
- Nina the sea surface temperature across the eastern equatorial part of the central Pacific Ocean will be lower than normal by 3 to 5 °C (5.4 to 9 °F)
- is the worldwide sum of all ecosystems on a planet
- succession an area that was previously occupied by living things is disturbed, then re-colonized following the disturbance
- air pollution that reduces visibility
- Nino an irregularly occurring and complex series of climatic changes affecting the equatorial Pacific region and beyond every few years
25 Clues: air pollution that reduces visibility • density a measurement of population per unit area • is the worldwide sum of all ecosystems on a planet • the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism • a substance that pollutes something, especially water or the atmosphere • ...
Environmental science 2021-09-06
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- needed by all known forms of life.
- type of biochemical reactions that breakdowns molecules into smaller units and release energy.
- is a pure substance.
- A widely accepted hypothesis that stands the test of time. Theories are oftentested and usually not rejected.
- ability to do work.
- a compound found mainly in living things.
- are tiny units that make up all matter in the universe and energy what holds the nucleus together.
- these reactions build up bigger molecules from smaller ones.
- the sum of all the biochemical reactions in an organism.
- comprises all types of water resources oceans, lakes, seas, rivers, streams, reservoirs,icecaps, glaciers, and groundwaters.
- organized body of knowledge that is obtained by study and experimentation.
- developing knew knowledge based upon old knowledge.
- a test that is used to rule out a hypothesis or validate something already known.
- unit work of energy in the International System of Units.
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- a force that holds molecules together.
- the concentration of hydronium ions in a solution.
- where life operates.
- is the main element in organic compound.
- the unit of power.
- is the study of energy.
- The study of the interactions between life and its physical environment.
- Is a a substance that consist of two or more element
- a substance that starts a chemical reaction.
- the energy needed to start a chemical reaction.
- anything that takes up space and has mass.
- the outer mantle of the solid earth.
- the protective blanket of gases surrounding the earth.
- the rate at which energy is used.
- a substance that forms as a result of a chemical reaction.
- it is a latin word that means knowledge.
30 Clues: the unit of power. • ability to do work. • where life operates. • is a pure substance. • is the study of energy. • the rate at which energy is used. • needed by all known forms of life. • the outer mantle of the solid earth. • a force that holds molecules together. • is the main element in organic compound. • it is a latin word that means knowledge. • ...
Environmental science 2021-09-06
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- needed by all known forms of life.
- type of biochemical reactions that breakdowns molecules into smaller units and release energy.
- is a pure substance.
- A widely accepted hypothesis that stands the test of time. Theories are oftentested and usually not rejected.
- ability to do work.
- a compound found mainly in living things.
- are tiny units that make up all matter in the universe and energy what holds the nucleus together.
- these reactions build up bigger molecules from smaller ones.
- the sum of all the biochemical reactions in an organism.
- comprises all types of water resources oceans, lakes, seas, rivers, streams, reservoirs,icecaps, glaciers, and groundwaters.
- organized body of knowledge that is obtained by study and experimentation.
- developing knew knowledge based upon old knowledge.
- a test that is used to rule out a hypothesis or validate something already known.
- unit work of energy in the International System of Units.
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- a force that holds molecules together.
- the concentration of hydronium ions in a solution.
- where life operates.
- is the main element in organic compound.
- the unit of power.
- is the study of energy.
- The study of the interactions between life and its physical environment.
- Is a a substance that consist of two or more element
- a substance that starts a chemical reaction.
- the energy needed to start a chemical reaction.
- anything that takes up space and has mass.
- the outer mantle of the solid earth.
- the protective blanket of gases surrounding the earth.
- the rate at which energy is used.
- a substance that forms as a result of a chemical reaction.
- it is a latin word that means knowledge.
30 Clues: the unit of power. • ability to do work. • where life operates. • is a pure substance. • is the study of energy. • the rate at which energy is used. • needed by all known forms of life. • the outer mantle of the solid earth. • a force that holds molecules together. • is the main element in organic compound. • it is a latin word that means knowledge. • ...
Environmental Science 2021-05-12
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- _______Rain is naturally slightly acidic.
- acidity puts stress on the fish, causing health issues and reduces their ___________ ability.
- pure _______ is neutral.
- Acid __________ has a negative impact on lakes, rivers, soils and plants.
- a small change in the ______ level of rain makes it acid rain.
- electrical ________ are also affected
- __________ are paricuarly vulnerable to acidic waters.
- Ozone in the _____________ degrades air quality.
- Ove rime, it effects on each of these natural components __________ biodiversity.
- ________ are wonderful refrigerants and aerosols propellants
- When the pH level of rain falls_________ 5.6 , it is considered acid rain.
- Most of the chemicals that destroy the stratospheric ozone conian chlorine and/or ___________
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- More than half of the ________-__________ in eastern Canad origionates from emmisions in the United States.
- ________-_________ structure are also afffected by acid precipitation.
- stratospheric ozone has also thinned over _____-________ regions, but to a lesser extent.
- Many of these ozone-depleting substances are also powerful _____________ gasses.
- Acid rain is created by _______dioxide or nitrogen oxide.
- ________ is the type of ultraviolet radiation that causes sunburns.
- _______ that consists mainly of limestone can largely neutralize the effects of acid presipition.
- Figure 17.22 shows the ________ values of some common substances.
- The soil in our province is _________ acidic.
- when the pH level goes below 5, the _________ ecosystem collasps and all fish dissapper.
- farmers neutralize acidic soil by buying and applying _________ to there fields and gardens.
- Acid rain alters all food __________
- Unfortuanlly,______ are also greenhouse gases that contribte directly to climate Change.
- Another group of ozone-depleting chemicals, are used primarly in fire suppression systems.
26 Clues: pure _______ is neutral. • Acid rain alters all food __________ • electrical ________ are also affected • _______Rain is naturally slightly acidic. • The soil in our province is _________ acidic. • Ozone in the _____________ degrades air quality. • __________ are paricuarly vulnerable to acidic waters. • Acid rain is created by _______dioxide or nitrogen oxide. • ...
Environmental Science 2022-05-10
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- the amount of lead that is considered safe (a number)
- protects us from UV rays in the stratosphere, but is a pollutant in the troposphere
- a geographic area that has a common drainage location for water
- a measure of the suspended particulates in water
- the liquid that accumulates in landfills
- an organism that gets impacted by bleaching
- three of the answers to this crossword are numbers, put them in ___ order to get the code for the next lock
- the most efficient type of irrigation
- the number of layers in the atmosphere BELOW the thermosphere
- practices that will allow the repeated use of resources for generations without running out
- a species that is not native to an area and causes problems for the local ecosystem
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- the non-living components of an ecosystem.
- a type of power generated by moving water, usually in a dam
- the chemical name for natural gas
- a type of organism that gets its energy from the sun directly
- the system in living organisms that regulates hormones and development
- the type of growth demonstrated by a J-shaped curve
- a type of extraction that obtains natural gas by fracturing the rocks
- if the growth rate is 10 percent, then the doubling time is ___ years
- type of soil that has a relatively even mix of sand, silt and clay
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 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 SAFETY 2022-09-07
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- be careful and watch for ___ as a travel nurse
- an environmental hazard used for filling in teeth ___
- ___ are a hazard you will run into as a travel nurse
- ___ can be hazardous while working as a therapist
- ___ is a type of equipment safety used as an OBGYN
- ___ are a type of equipment safety used in the ER
- ___ are used by a travel nurse
- lift heavy things with your ___ not your back
- a cervical dilator is a type of equipment safety as an ___
- ___ is a good thing to have while being a therapist
- ___ are a type of environmental hazard in the ER
- ___ are a type of equipment safety used as a therapist
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- ___ is an environmental hazard that can be dangerous as a dentist
- ___ are a type of equipment safety as a travel nurse
- a type of equipment safety in the ER is ___
- ___ are an environmental hazard in the ER
- ___ can blind patients if pointed in the eyes
- don't pull heavy objects ___
- don't poke yourself or others with ___
- ___ can be an environmental hazard as an OBGYN
- ___ is good personal safety to have as a therapist
- make sure you're not ___ while sitting in your chair
- ___ are hazards to watch for as an OBGYN
- while picking something up ___ your whole body
- ___ health games are often used as a therapist
25 Clues: don't pull heavy objects ___ • ___ are used by a travel nurse • don't poke yourself or others with ___ • ___ are hazards to watch for as an OBGYN • ___ are an environmental hazard in the ER • a type of equipment safety in the ER is ___ • ___ can blind patients if pointed in the eyes • lift heavy things with your ___ not your back • ...
Environmental Toxicology 2019-09-07
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- When the combination of two or more chemicals surpasses that sum of their individual effects
- Describes exposure for one month or less.
- A field in toxicology that specializes in the reproductive system.
- A field in toxicology that specializes in medico-legal.
- Man-made toxic substance.
- When one nontoxic chemical becomes toxic when combined with another chemical
- An agent that causes embryos to become malformed.
- toxic Substance made by a living organism.
- Combines toxicology and ecology.
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- The time between initial exposure and the time that symptoms start showing up
- Describes exposure for one to three months.
- When two chemicals are mixed together, they interfere with each other or one interferes with the other
- Two chemicals combined together that produces an equal effect to each individual effect added together
- A type of curve that depicts the exposure effects on an individual
- Foreign chemical substance in a biological system.
- Describes a single exposure for less than twenty-four hours.
- A field in toxicology that specializes in pre-natal development.
- A field in toxicology that specializes in the immune system.
- Describes exposure for more than three months.
- Substance that is known or suspected to cause cancer.
20 Clues: Man-made toxic substance. • Combines toxicology and ecology. • Describes exposure for one month or less. • toxic Substance made by a living organism. • Describes exposure for one to three months. • Describes exposure for more than three months. • An agent that causes embryos to become malformed. • Foreign chemical substance in a biological system. • ...
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 problems 2023-11-12
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- The introduction of harmful materials into the environment
- An animal of an endangered species
- An alternative source of energy
- Intended to be used only once and then thrown away
- This species of animals are called so because they are near extinction
- The protection of nature
- The process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects
- The process of making something dirty or poisonous
- Some people say it is the cause of Iraqi and US war
- Destroying forests by cutting down trees
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- The phenomenon of increasing average air temperatures near the surface of Earth over the past one to two centuries; global _____
- The process by which microorganisms break down organic matter
- An extremely large wave caused by a violent movement of the earth under the sea
- Type of energy that could have disastrous consequences on the planet
- The state whereby the human population rises to an extent exceeding the carrying capacity of the ecological setting
- (name of the heavy metal song) Gojira - Toxic ______ Island
- This oscar-winner actor has relentlessly proven to be one of the most outspoken environmentalist in the Hollywood, he was in that movie about THE ship)
- Millions of animals are killed by this synthetic material
- Unwanted or unusable materials
- A situation in which a type of animal no longer exists
- A type of aircraft that contributes greatly to emitting carbon dioxide
- Is an independent global campaigning network, founded in Canada in 1971 by Irving Stowe and Dorothy Stowe
22 Clues: The protection of nature • Unwanted or unusable materials • An alternative source of energy • An animal of an endangered species • Destroying forests by cutting down trees • Intended to be used only once and then thrown away • The process of making something dirty or poisonous • Some people say it is the cause of Iraqi and US war • ...
Environmental science 2023-09-01
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- how many functions does lipids has?
- it is the largest organelle in plant cell
- where the proteins are made
- where photosynthesis takes places
- can be small sugar molecules to large sugar molecules
- is structure’s that helps the cell to live and etc
- bond together by peptide bonds
- a example of nucleic acid
- they are soluble in hydrophobic solvents
- A jelly fluid that’s contained in the cell
- compounds that contain carbon
- made up smaller building blocks
- They are Bacteria
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- many sugar units
- power center of the cell
- packaging of the cells
- has ribosome attached to it
- they are composed of long chains
- has four elements in the outer shell
- it is the outer layer of the cell
- it protects and supports the cell
- it has nucleus
- it protects cell by digesting foreign invaders
- one sugar unit
- it has no ribosome attached to it
25 Clues: it has nucleus • one sugar unit • many sugar units • They are Bacteria • packaging of the cells • power center of the cell • a example of nucleic acid • has ribosome attached to it • where the proteins are made • compounds that contain carbon • bond together by peptide bonds • made up smaller building blocks • they are composed of long chains • where photosynthesis takes places • ...
Environmental words 2024-04-24
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- usual weather
- a body of rock that holds ground water
- producing cancer
- prevention of wasteful use of resource
- pollutants
- compostable
- place to put biomass
- renewable organic material
- reusing material
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- ability to continue for a long time
- _____ rain
- wearing away
- surroundings where people live
- heat within the earth
- capable of being renewed
- growing place that traps sunlight
- clearing forested land
- top layer of the atmosphere
- air shell around the earth
- bubble of life
20 Clues: _____ rain • pollutants • compostable • wearing away • usual weather • bubble of life • producing cancer • reusing material • place to put biomass • heat within the earth • clearing forested land • capable of being renewed • air shell around the earth • renewable organic material • top layer of the atmosphere • surroundings where people live • growing place that traps sunlight • ...
Environmental Vocabulary 2024-09-24
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- An ozone-friendly product does not produce gases that are harmful to the ozone layer.
- WARMING. A gradual increase in world temperatures caused by gases such as carbon dioxide that are collecting in the air around the earth and stopping heat escaping into space.
- Waste material or unwanted things that you throw away.
- Products that have been designed to do the least possible damage to the environment.
- EFFECT. An increase in the amount of carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere (= mixture of gases around the earth), that is believed to be the cause of a gradual warming of the surface of the earth.
- The act of planting trees on an area of land that has become empty or spoiled.
- Small pieces of rubbish that have been left lying on the ground in public places.
- To put down or drop something in a careless way.
- CHEMICALS. Chemical that can be used to cause death, injury or disease in humans, animals or plants.
- ENERGY. Energy that uses the power of the sun to produce electricity.
- The protection of plants and animals, natural areas, and interesting and important structures and buildings, especially from the damaging effects of human activity.
- Relating to the environment.
- SOURCES. Something such as oil, coal, or the sun, which can be used to provide power for light, heat, machines, etc.
- RAIN. Rain that contains large amounts of harmful chemicals as a result of burning substances such as coal and oil.
- To harm or spoil something.
- CONTAINER. A container that allows the person to separate recyclable materials.
- LEVEL RISING. The rise of the average height of the sea where it meets the land.
- A person who is interested in or studies the environment and who tries to protect it from being damaged by human activities.
- ROOF. Layer of vegetation planted over a waterproofing system that is installed on top of a flat or slightly–sloped roof.
- An unnecessary or wrong use of money, substances, time, energy, abilities, etc.
- To make an area or substance, usually air, water, or soil, dirty or harmful to people, animals, and plants, especially by adding harmful chemicals.
- SPILLS. An accident in which oil has come out of a ship and caused pollution.
- The process of making something dirty or poisonous, or the state of containing unwanted or dangerous substances.
- The quality that some atoms have of producing a type of energy that can be very harmful to health.
- A mixture of smoke, gases, and chemicals, especially in cities, that makes the atmosphere difficult to breathe and harmful for health.
- A substance that makes something less pure or makes it poisonous.
- The cutting down of trees in a large area, or the destruction of forests by people.
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- Able to be recycled.
- SITE. Area with large amounts of rubbish where it is buried.
- ENERGY. Energy from a source that is not useless when used, such as wind or solar power.
- To catch and kill animals without permission on someone else's land.
- FRIENDLY. Not harmful to the environment.
- DIOXIDE. The gas formed when carbon is burned, or when people or animals breathe out.
- LAYER. A layer of air containing ozone high above the earth that prevents harmful ultraviolet light from the sun from reaching the earth.
- The air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and plants live.
- ENERGY. Energy that uses the power of the wind to produce electricity.
- A situation in which something no longer exists.
- The introduction into the environment of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects.
- SPECIES. A type of animal or plant that might stop existing because there are only a few of that type alive.
- CHANGE. Changes in the world's weather, in particular the fact that it is believed to be getting warmer as a result of human activity increasing the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
- Convert waste into reusable material.
- RADIATION. Synonym of nuclear fission.
- To make an area or substance, usually air, water, or soil, dirty or harmful to people, animals, and plants, especially by adding harmful chemicals.
- CAR. A vehicle made by combining two different elements.
- A product that is intended to be thrown away after use.
- A person who studies the natural relationships between the air, land, water, animals, plants, etc.
- Something that is of low quality. Synonym of rubbish.
- Relating to ecology or the environment.
- Synonym of ecological.
- OUT. To remove from a place or to get rid of as worthless or unnecessary.
50 Clues: Able to be recycled. • Synonym of ecological. • To harm or spoil something. • Relating to the environment. • Convert waste into reusable material. • RADIATION. Synonym of nuclear fission. • Relating to ecology or the environment. • FRIENDLY. Not harmful to the environment. • A situation in which something no longer exists. • To put down or drop something in a careless way. • ...
ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024-10-16
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- Extraction of metals using microbes
- Example of a greenhouse gas
- technique used to remediate contamination at, or below, the water table boundary.
- Conversion of pollutants to volatile compounds by plants
- bioremediation technique is the two-well system sunk into the ground.
- Test for detecting coliforms
- removal of contaminants, by means of bioaccumulation by various microorganisms.
- Mutualistic association between the soil fungi and the roots of vascular plants.
- completes the burning of a pollutant.
- Test that uses mutant strain of S. typhimurium.
- contaminants being metabolized alongside the organism’s food into a less hazardous chemical.
- technique used to remediate contamination above the water table boundary
- contaminants are taken up by microbe species, used as a food source and metabolized.
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- Peptides produced in animal in response to pollution
- Removal of halogen group.
- Blanket of gasses covering earth
- Example of symbiotic nitrogen fixing bacteria
- Roundup ready maize is resistant to ………
- Peptides produced in plants in response to pollution
- Gene introduced from creating Bt Crops
- Addition of methyl group for detoxification by microbes.
- Combination of contaminants with cell metabolites
- Reduction in DO due to increased level of mineral content in water.
- Analytical device containing an immobilized biological material.
- Degradation of pollutants in rhizosphere
- Soil banking is an inverted version of ………
- agar Selective media for E.coli
- encapsulation of contaminants within a monolithic solid of high structural integrity
- Formed due to fragmentation of chromosomes on exposure to pollutants
- Pathway affected by glyphosate
30 Clues: Removal of halogen group. • Example of a greenhouse gas • Test for detecting coliforms • Pathway affected by glyphosate • agar Selective media for E.coli • Blanket of gasses covering earth • Extraction of metals using microbes • completes the burning of a pollutant. • Gene introduced from creating Bt Crops • Roundup ready maize is resistant to ……… • ...
Environmental Chemistry 2024-12-04
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- nutrients needed in large amounts by an organisms
- the "Potential of Hydrogen" or the scale that rates how acidic a substance is
- substance with a bitter taste, turns litmus paper blue, pH of more than 7
- inorganic molecules that are used to help enzymes function
- Human made pollutant, used as propellants in aerosol cans, persistent pollutant that destroys ozone layer
- organic molecule in which energy is stored and includes fats, oil, and waxes
- increase in a contaminant's concentration at each level of the food chain
- increase in a contaminant's concentration in an individual organism
- substances with a pH of 7
- a chemical used to kill unwanted plants
- organic molecule made up of amino acids and are the building blocks of body tissue, they help repair tissue and build muscle
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- dense metal or metalloid that can cause environmental concern
- organisms that can infer the health of an ecosystem
- Prevents UV rays from reaching Earth's surface
- a chemical used to kill unwanted pests, example is DDT
- organic sugar molecule that provides energy for organisms
- a substance used to enrich soil by providing nutrients that are missing (main sources nitrogen & phosphorus)
- nutrients needed in small amounts by an organism
- any alteration of the environment producing a condition that is harmful to living things
- a substance with a sour taste, turns litmus paper red, has a pH value of less than 7
- chemical used to kill unwanted insects
- elements and compounds that organisms need for living, growing and reproducing
- dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane - used to kill unwanted insects such as lice during WWII, used to kill mosquitoes to stop the spread of malaria
23 Clues: substances with a pH of 7 • chemical used to kill unwanted insects • a chemical used to kill unwanted plants • Prevents UV rays from reaching Earth's surface • nutrients needed in small amounts by an organism • nutrients needed in large amounts by an organisms • organisms that can infer the health of an ecosystem • a chemical used to kill unwanted pests, example is DDT • ...
Environmental Protection 2024-11-25
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- I'm a very big snake. I live in the jungle.
- I am very big. I’ve got a lot of water. Fish and whales live in me.
- I have got a lot of trees. Animals live in me. I make air.
- I make things dirty. I’m bad for the air. Smog is a type of _______. Cities have got _________.
- I’m a type of animal. I don’t have eggs. Dogs and cats are mammals. I give milk to my babies.
- I'm a really big animal. I like the water. And I have a very big mouth. I live in Africa.
- I am a big and strong animal. I live in Africa and Asia. I’ve got a horn on my nose.
- I am water. I fall from the sky. I help plants grow. I can make a rainbow.
- I am tall and green. Birds live in me. I’ve got leaves.
- I'm a bird in the jungle. I've got a nice and big bill.
- I am good for the Earth. Use paper again. Put your water bottle in the _________ bin.
- I am very hot. I’ve got a lot of sand. You can see cactuses here. I don’t have water. The Saharah is a big desert.
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- I’m hot and full of trees. Many animals live in me: monkeys, alligators and colourful birds. I get lots of rain. The Amazonas is a big ______.
- I'm a special animal because I can change my colours. I live in the rainforest.
- I look like a zebra and a giraffe together. I live in Africa.
- I've got black and orange stripes. I'm fast and dangerous. I eat other animals.
- I'm a very slow animal. I live in the jungle. I live on trees. I'm not a monkey.
- People use me for bottles. I’m bad for the Earth. I can pollute the ocean. They make toys from me.
- I am in the air. Trees make me. You can learn about me in chemistry class. You breathe me in.
- I am a very big animal. I can swim. I live in the ocean.I’m not a fish. I’m a mammal.
- I am a really big orange monkey.
- I have got water in me. You can swim in me. There’s a lot of fish in me. Tisza is a _____ in Szeged.
- You drink me. Fish live in me. I fall from the sky as rain.
- I am a small animal. I am black and yellow. I can fly. I like honey and flowers.
24 Clues: I am a really big orange monkey. • I'm a very big snake. I live in the jungle. • I am tall and green. Birds live in me. I’ve got leaves. • I'm a bird in the jungle. I've got a nice and big bill. • I have got a lot of trees. Animals live in me. I make air. • You drink me. Fish live in me. I fall from the sky as rain. • ...
Environmental Science 2024-12-18
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- About the Size of 2X the Size of Texas
- Tragedy of the Commons Resource
- Place Plagued with Pollution
- Carbon-Based Pollutants
- He speaks for the trees
- Unpleasant for the Corals
- Locus of Space Stations
- _____ Converter
- Far from a Basic Environmental Issue
- Locus of the Titan Submersible
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- ooh! that burns!
- "The Ocean Temp is a changing"
- Support+Capacity
- Liquid -> Gas
- O3
- Photosynthesis' Deep Sea Twin
- Prefix for Magnification
- Locus of the Mariana Trench
- Locus of Meteors
- He speaks for the logging industry
- Automobile No-No
- Abbr. for Ozone Depleting Substance
22 Clues: O3 • Liquid -> Gas • _____ Converter • ooh! that burns! • Support+Capacity • Locus of Meteors • Automobile No-No • Carbon-Based Pollutants • He speaks for the trees • Locus of Space Stations • Prefix for Magnification • Unpleasant for the Corals • Locus of the Mariana Trench • Place Plagued with Pollution • Photosynthesis' Deep Sea Twin • "The Ocean Temp is a changing" • ...
Environmental problems 2025-04-08
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- The process of reusing materials to reduce waste.
- Overflow of water onto normally dry land.
- Unwanted or unusable materials.
- Uncontrolled fires that spread rapidly through forests or grasslands.
- The variety of life in an area, which is reduced by environmental damage.
- The result of rising temperatures at the poles.
- A long period without rainfall.
- Rain made acidic by pollution in the atmosphere.
- A gas layer in the atmosphere that protects Earth from harmful UV rays.
- Wearing away of soil or land by wind or water.
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- The rise in Earth’s average temperature due to greenhouse gases.
- Catching fish faster than they can reproduce.
- A fog-like air pollution often found in big cities.
- The removal of large areas of forest for farming or building.
- Leakage of petroleum into the sea or land.
- The presence of harmful substances in air, water, or land.
- Throwing trash in inappropriate places.
- Pollution caused by harmful or poisonous substances.
- A type of gas that traps heat in the atmosphere.
- Gases released into the air by vehicles and factories.
20 Clues: Unwanted or unusable materials. • A long period without rainfall. • Throwing trash in inappropriate places. • Overflow of water onto normally dry land. • Leakage of petroleum into the sea or land. • Catching fish faster than they can reproduce. • Wearing away of soil or land by wind or water. • The result of rising temperatures at the poles. • ...
environmental systems 2025-05-07
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- conservation the action of using water in a way that achieves maximum use to lower unnecessary usage
- extends from the top of the troposphere to about 30 miles above ground
- farming growing crops
- water water reclaimed from a variety of sources, treated, and reused
- resources natural resources that cannot naturally replenish themselves
- resources – resources that occur in nature without any human assistance
- organisms of different species in which at least one of the organisms' benefits
- significance a measure of how much impact a resource has on the economy
- a material or asset that can be used to fulfill a purpose
- above the mesosphere
- homes and appliances – homes and appliances designed to conserve and reduce energy use
- method in which plants are grown using mineral nutrients in water and without the use of soil
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- things that depend on the same resources
- Plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of glucose.
- above the stratosphere; about 53 miles above the Earth
- program installation of state-of-the-art, low-flow equipment
- uppermost layer of our atmosphere
- Collect and process materials to repurpose them into a new product.
- the practice of gardening or landscaping designed to reduce or eliminate the need for irrigation
- when, where, and who can use water
- water water that collects on the ground
- Limit the amount of trash generated.
- Find a new way to use items instead of making trash.
- management of the environment and its resources for present and future use
- sources bodies of water that supply water for public and private use
- starting at the ground; Earth’s lowest layer of our atmosphere
- water located below the surface of the earth in spaces between rock and soil
27 Clues: above the mesosphere • farming growing crops • uppermost layer of our atmosphere • when, where, and who can use water • Limit the amount of trash generated. • water water that collects on the ground • things that depend on the same resources • Find a new way to use items instead of making trash. • above the stratosphere; about 53 miles above the Earth • ...
Environmental Systems 2025-05-08
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- a factor or environmental condition which limits the growth, distribution,
- All the water on Earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers, groundwater, and ice
- a measure of how much land can produce goods or services
- a community of living organisms interacting with their physical environment
- the ability of an ecosystem to maintain relatively constant conditions
- The sphere of human activities and structures, including cities, infrastructure, and cultural landscape
- bodies of water that supply water for public and private use
- the ability of land to grow and support crops
- energy sources that cannot be used up and can supply a continuous source
- the act of overseeing the use and development of land resources
- management of the environment and its resources for present and future use
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- human use of land, including soil, water, animals, and plants
- The realm of life on Earth, including all living organisms
- a measure of how much impact a resource has on the economy
- a material or asset that can be used to fulfill a purpose
- the action of using water in a way that reduces unnecessary water consumption
- the process of planning, developing, distributing, and supervising the most advantageous
- the ability to meet the needs of the present without sacrificing the needs of the future
- natural resources that cannot naturally replenish themselves
- the worth of a good or service
20 Clues: the worth of a good or service • the ability of land to grow and support crops • a measure of how much land can produce goods or services • a material or asset that can be used to fulfill a purpose • The realm of life on Earth, including all living organisms • a measure of how much impact a resource has on the economy • ...
Environmental Science 2025-07-09
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- A Southeast Asian island nation.
- Long-term weather patterns in a region.
- Progress made in a particular area.
- The study of the Earth's physical structure.
- Unwanted or discarded materials.
- Resources Materials found in nature useful to humans.
- The regions of Earth where life exists.
- The process of deterioration or decline.
- The layer of gases surrounding the Earth.
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- Harmful substances contaminating the environment.
- The study of interactions between organisms and their environment.
- A systematic approach to understanding the natural world.
- All the water on Earth's surface.
- Variety of life in a particular habitat.
- The Earth's solid outer layer.
- The study of matter and its properties.
- Water found beneath the Earth's surface.
- Number of individuals living in an area.
- The practice of farming.
- Everything surrounding and influencing an organism.
20 Clues: The practice of farming. • The Earth's solid outer layer. • A Southeast Asian island nation. • Unwanted or discarded materials. • All the water on Earth's surface. • Progress made in a particular area. • Long-term weather patterns in a region. • The study of matter and its properties. • The regions of Earth where life exists. • Variety of life in a particular habitat. • ...
Environmental Ethics 2025-07-11
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- – O‘rmonlarni kesish
- – Adolat
- – Tabiat
- – Ekotizim
- – Xabardorlik
- – Ta’sir
- – Turlar
- – Global / Butunjahon
- – Mas’uliyat
- – Uglerod
- – Kelajak
- – Sayyora
- – Ifloslanish
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- – Resurs
- – Ekologik / Yashil
- – Ekologik
- – Iqlim
- – Qadriyatlar
- – Barqarorlik
- – Chiqindi / Isrof
- – Xulq-atvor
- – Etika / Axloq
- – Himoya
- – Saqlab qolish
- – Qayta ishlash
- – Atrof-muhit
- – Qonun
- – Asrash / Saqlash
- – Burch
- – Biologik xilma-xillik
30 Clues: – Iqlim • – Qonun • – Burch • – Resurs • – Adolat • – Tabiat • – Ta’sir • – Himoya • – Turlar • – Uglerod • – Kelajak • – Sayyora • – Ekologik • – Ekotizim • – Xulq-atvor • – Mas’uliyat • – Qadriyatlar • – Barqarorlik • – Xabardorlik • – Atrof-muhit • – Ifloslanish • – Etika / Axloq • – Saqlab qolish • – Qayta ishlash • – Chiqindi / Isrof • – Asrash / Saqlash • – Ekologik / Yashil • – O‘rmonlarni kesish • – Global / Butunjahon • ...
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 2025-07-21
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- common chemical substance on Earth
- excess water that flows across land
- All biochemical reactions in an organism
- the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
- pH higher than 7
- the solid outer mantle of Earth
- pH lower than 7
- A metabolic process where cells get energy (ATP) by using oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide from breaking down organic substances.
- the ability to do work
- the science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it.
- has mass and takes up space
- breaking down of rocks and minerals
- study of energy
- all types of water resources
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- a pure substance
- substance formed after a chemical reaction
- where life operates
- found in water, soil, sediments
- removal of material via water
- essential in organic compound
- dependence on natural resources
- made two or more elements
- Substance that reacts in a chemical reaction
- return to earth via rain
- body of knowledge from study and experiment
- done when force is applied over distance
- concentration of hydronium ions
- the protective blanket of gases
- smallest particle of an element
- rate at which energy is used
30 Clues: pH lower than 7 • study of energy • a pure substance • pH higher than 7 • where life operates • the ability to do work • return to earth via rain • made two or more elements • has mass and takes up space • all types of water resources • rate at which energy is used • removal of material via water • essential in organic compound • found in water, soil, sediments • ...
environmental science 2025-07-22
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- Zone of life where organisms exist.
- A methodical way to gain knowledge through evidence
- Type of potential energy found in food molecules.
- Earth’s water system including oceans, rivers, and glaciers
- Science that focuses on matter, energy, and their interactions
- Repeating sequences scientists try to understand in nature
- Protective gas layer where weather occurs
- Bacteria turn nitrogen gas into a usable form for plants in this process.
- The process of converting atmospheric nitrogen into a usable form
- A type of chemical reaction that gives off energy.
- The main energy currency molecule used by cells
- Yellow non-metallic element involved in acid rain formation
- The minimum energy needed for a chemical reaction to begin.
- Science that explores plants, animals, and microorganisms
- The release of sulfur and nitrogen oxides can lead to this acidic form of precipitation.
- Study of weather and atmospheric phenomena
- A biological catalyst made of protein.
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- Southeast Asian country vulnerable to typhoons and volcanoes
- The law stating that energy is conserved.
- A result of excess CO₂ trapping heat in Earth’s atmosphere
- Discipline studying human behavior, culture, and society
- Act of perceiving something using senses or instruments
- All the chemical processes that happen inside a living thing.
- The release of water from Earth’s surface into the atmosphere
- What powers work in biological systems.
- The Earth’s crust and upper mantle form this environmental layer
- Loss of species that threatens biodiversity
- Energy involved in movement or motion.
- A scientific explanation tested and supported over time
- Republic Act aimed at managing solid waste
- Discipline studying human behavior, culture, and society
31 Clues: Zone of life where organisms exist. • Energy involved in movement or motion. • A biological catalyst made of protein. • What powers work in biological systems. • The law stating that energy is conserved. • Protective gas layer where weather occurs • Republic Act aimed at managing solid waste • Study of weather and atmospheric phenomena • ...
environmental science 2025-07-22
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- The release of water from Earth’s surface into the atmosphere
- The law stating that energy is conserved.
- The release of sulfur and nitrogen oxides can lead to this acidic form of precipitation.
- Loss of species that threatens biodiversity
- Earth’s water system including oceans, rivers, and glaciers
- All the chemical processes that happen inside a living thing.
- A type of chemical reaction that gives off energy.
- A result of excess CO₂ trapping heat in Earth’s atmosphere
- Yellow non-metallic element involved in acid rain formation
- Southeast Asian country vulnerable to typhoons and volcanoes
- Repeating sequences scientists try to understand in nature
- A methodical way to gain knowledge through evidence
- Act of perceiving something using senses or instruments
- What powers work in biological systems.
- Energy involved in movement or motion.
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- Zone of life where organisms exist.
- Science that explores plants, animals, and microorganisms
- Study of weather and atmospheric phenomena
- The main energy currency molecule used by cells
- Protective gas layer where weather occurs
- The minimum energy needed for a chemical reaction to begin.
- Science that focuses on matter, energy, and their interactions
- The Earth’s crust and upper mantle form this environmental layer
- Bacteria turn nitrogen gas into a usable form for plants in this process.
- Discipline studying human behavior, culture, and society
- A biological catalyst made of protein.
- Discipline studying human behavior, culture, and society
- Type of potential energy found in food molecules.
- The process of converting atmospheric nitrogen into a usable form
- Republic Act aimed at managing solid waste
- A scientific explanation tested and supported over time
31 Clues: Zone of life where organisms exist. • A biological catalyst made of protein. • Energy involved in movement or motion. • What powers work in biological systems. • Protective gas layer where weather occurs • The law stating that energy is conserved. • Study of weather and atmospheric phenomena • Republic Act aimed at managing solid waste • ...
environmental science 2025-07-22
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- Zone of life where organisms exist.
- The release of water from Earth’s surface into the atmosphere
- The law stating that energy is conserved.
- A methodical way to gain knowledge through evidence
- Loss of species that threatens biodiversity
- Republic Act aimed at managing solid waste
- Discipline studying human behavior, culture, and society
- A biological catalyst made of protein.
- Science that focuses on matter, energy, and their interactions
- Act of perceiving something using senses or instruments
- Southeast Asian country vulnerable to typhoons and volcanoes
- The main energy currency molecule used by cells
- Discipline studying human behavior, culture, and society
- Protective gas layer where weather occurs
- A scientific explanation tested and supported over time
- The minimum energy needed for a chemical reaction to begin.
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- A type of chemical reaction that gives off energy.
- A result of excess CO₂ trapping heat in Earth’s atmosphere
- Type of potential energy found in food molecules.
- Repeating sequences scientists try to understand in nature
- All the chemical processes that happen inside a living thing.
- The process of converting atmospheric nitrogen into a usable form
- Bacteria turn nitrogen gas into a usable form for plants in this process.
- The release of sulfur and nitrogen oxides can lead to this acidic form of precipitation.
- Earth’s water system including oceans, rivers, and glaciers
- What powers work in biological systems.
- Energy involved in movement or motion.
- The Earth’s crust and upper mantle form this environmental layer
- Yellow non-metallic element involved in acid rain formation
- Study of weather and atmospheric phenomena
- Science that explores plants, animals, and microorganisms
31 Clues: Zone of life where organisms exist. • A biological catalyst made of protein. • Energy involved in movement or motion. • What powers work in biological systems. • The law stating that energy is conserved. • Protective gas layer where weather occurs • Republic Act aimed at managing solid waste • Study of weather and atmospheric phenomena • ...
Environmental Problems 2025-09-19
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- – Reusing paper, plastic, and other items.
- – Dirtying the air, water, or land.
- – A large, uncontrolled fire in nature.
- – Waste or trash thrown away.
- – Natural things we use, like water or coal.
- – Dropping rubbish on the ground.
- – The Earth getting hotter over time.
- – When a species dies out completely.
- – When wind or water wears away land.
- – Gases released by cars and factories.
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- – The types of animals and plants.
- – Protecting nature and the environment.
- – Usual weather in a place over time.
- – Catching too many fish from the sea.
- – Cutting down too many trees.
- – Power we use to make things work.
- – The world around us: land, water, air.
- – Substances that can harm nature.
- – The natural home of an animal or plant.
- – A sea creature that builds colourful reefs.
20 Clues: – Waste or trash thrown away. • – Cutting down too many trees. • – Dropping rubbish on the ground. • – The types of animals and plants. • – Substances that can harm nature. • – Dirtying the air, water, or land. • – Power we use to make things work. • – Usual weather in a place over time. • – The Earth getting hotter over time. • – When a species dies out completely. • ...
Environmental Sustainability 2025-10-17
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- Natural fuels formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals, including coal, oil, and natural gas, which contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.
- The natural environment in which a particular species or community of organisms lives.
- Gases in the Earth's atmosphere that trap heat, including carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, contributing to global warming.
- The hierarchical levels in an ecosystem, defined by how organisms obtain energy, from producers to primary and secondary consumers.
- The process of making an area more urban, which can lead to habitat destruction and increased pollution, but can also promote innovative sustainability practices.
- Materials or substances occurring in nature that can be exploited for economic gain, such as water, minerals, and forests.
- Renewable energy derived from the heat stored beneath the Earth’s surface, used for heating and electricity generation.
- Energy from sources that are naturally replenished, such as solar, wind, hydroelectric, and biomass.
- A community of living organisms interacting with each other and their physical environment.
- A long-term change in the average weather patterns of Earth, primarily driven by human activities, such as burning fossil fuels.
- Non-native species that spread widely and cause harm to native ecosystems, economy, or human health.
- The ability to maintain an ecological balance and conserve natural resources to support the wellbeing of future generations.
- The process of capturing and storing atmospheric carbon dioxide to reduce the impact of climate change.
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- The responsible management and protection of natural resources and biodiversity to prevent depletion and ensure sustainability.
- The collection, transport, processing, recycling, or disposal of waste materials to minimise their impact on health and the environment.
- The total amount of greenhouse gases emitted by an individual, organisation, event, or product, expressed as carbon dioxide equivalent.
- A species that is at risk of extinction due to habitat loss, environmental changes, or other factors.
- An international organization established on October 24, 1945, following World War II. It was created to promote peace, security, and cooperation among countries worldwide. Often referred to as the UN.
- Seventeen development goals created by the United Nations for countries to aim for to improve national and global environmental sustainability.
- The introduction of harmful substances or products into the environment, which can affect air, water, and soil quality.
- Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
- The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem, including the number of different species and genetic diversity.
- The process of converting waste materials into reusable materials, thereby reducing the consumption of new raw materials.
- The effect of human activities on the natural environment, including pollution, habitat destruction, and biodiversity loss.
- The practice of using water efficiently to reduce unnecessary water usage and protect water resources.
25 Clues: A community of living organisms interacting with each other and their physical environment. • The natural environment in which a particular species or community of organisms lives. • Non-native species that spread widely and cause harm to native ecosystems, economy, or human health. • ...
ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES 2026-01-19
21 Clues: usaha • ketat • tempur • prakarsa • kesadaran • peraturan • menganggu • kebijakan • reboisasi • mendorong • permintaan • sumber daya • peningkatan • menganjurkan • keterlibatan • mempengaruhi • melaksanakan • meningkatkan • berkelanjutan • Penggundulan hutan • keanekaragaman hayati
Environmental threats 2026-01-15
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- _______ power – kärnkraft
- vindkraftverk
- återvinna
- _______ threats – miljöhot
- _______ fuels – fossila bränslen
- – grödor
- – förorenad
- kritiker
- energy – förnybar energi
- – myndigheter
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- vattenkraft
- pålitlig
- prioritet
- akut, brådskande
- _______ metals – sällsynta metaller
- förorening
- ekosystem
- _______ chemicals – giftiga kemikalier
- _______ goals – klimatmål
- neutral – klimatneutral
- dioxide emissions – koldioxidutsläpp
21 Clues: pålitlig • – grödor • kritiker • prioritet • återvinna • ekosystem • förorening • vattenkraft • – förorenad • vindkraftverk • – myndigheter • akut, brådskande • neutral – klimatneutral • energy – förnybar energi • _______ power – kärnkraft • _______ goals – klimatmål • _______ threats – miljöhot • _______ fuels – fossila bränslen • _______ metals – sällsynta metaller • ...
Econ Def 2023-02-03
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- economics, but counting everybody
- "I'm happy that we have such advanced _____ today"
- you have to separate the bads and the ____
- factories in the 1800s needed lots of _____.
- "If you don't hustle now, you will have to pay the ____ later."
- "I lost my job, now I am _____"
- Economics "Don't trade. Just use what you have."
- "My air conditioning broke. I have to get someone to fix it."
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- economics, but it's only me
- "I have ______ to buy what I want"
- "France: Germany, we ____ you pay reparations!"
- "Why are eggs $10 now? They used to be $4."
- water in the Sahara Desert is ____
- "we are sold out because of a low ___ of goods"
- "Negative balance of trade? Disgraceful!"
15 Clues: economics, but it's only me • "I lost my job, now I am _____" • economics, but counting everybody • "I have ______ to buy what I want" • water in the Sahara Desert is ____ • "Negative balance of trade? Disgraceful!" • you have to separate the bads and the ____ • "Why are eggs $10 now? They used to be $4." • factories in the 1800s needed lots of _____. • ...
loggie 1 2018-06-18
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- not the same as economics
- the interface between humans and machines
- convert one resource to another
- allocation of scarce resources
- a type of sheep
- sometimes called a necessary evil
- complete understanding of product support
- a cost analysis
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- a really smart analyst
- books we rely upon
- fish
- how good you are
- make as new
- information you have forgotten
- normal distribution
15 Clues: fish • make as new • a type of sheep • a cost analysis • how good you are • books we rely upon • normal distribution • a really smart analyst • not the same as economics • information you have forgotten • allocation of scarce resources • convert one resource to another • sometimes called a necessary evil • the interface between humans and machines • ...
Chapter 1 - What is economics? 2025-09-08
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- The favouring of one available option over another in making a decision or choice.
- A particular use of resources that achieves a desired end.
- The branch of economics that deals with value judgements about economic subjects rather than facts and observations.
- A self-sustaining system in which many independent transactions in a society create distinct flows of money and products or services.
- A method of study used to make discoveries in natural science and social sciences (such as economics) that has four steps: observation, data collection, explanation, and verification
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- The use of a bare minimum of resources to achieve a desired end, such as consumption.
- A person with a vested or personal interest (or stake) in an economic decision.
- The result, effect, or outcome of an action taken or the refusal to take an action.
- A theoretical unit of satisfaction that a person gains from consuming an item.
- The branch of economics that deals with facts and direct observation of the world.
- The study of the way society makes decisions about the use of scarce resources.
- The usefulness, satisfaction, or benefit derived from each available option to help make a rational choice among them.
- Sciences, such as economics, history, and sociology, that study some aspect of human behaviour.
- To use limited resources efficiently in production.
14 Clues: To use limited resources efficiently in production. • A particular use of resources that achieves a desired end. • A theoretical unit of satisfaction that a person gains from consuming an item. • A person with a vested or personal interest (or stake) in an economic decision. • The study of the way society makes decisions about the use of scarce resources. • ...
Economics Final Exam Review 2021-05-23
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- the type of economics that would look at something like a single household budget
- the type of economics that deals with all the economies in the world
- little government in economic matters
- something that you don't need in order to survive (example: xbox)
- something that one person performs for another person for payment such as building a house or giving you a haircut
- the president cannot get a federal budget passed without the acceptance of this body
- something you buy that you can touch such as jewelry and clothes
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- the study of how people seek to satisfy their needs and wants
- the father of economics
- a general term for help from the government to the poor
- an income so low that it cannot support ones family
- the type of economy in the U.S.
- the federal reserve system is also known as this (abbreviation)
- something that you have to have in order to survive like water or food
14 Clues: the father of economics • the type of economy in the U.S. • little government in economic matters • an income so low that it cannot support ones family • a general term for help from the government to the poor • the study of how people seek to satisfy their needs and wants • the federal reserve system is also known as this (abbreviation) • ...
History of Family and Consumer Sciences 2025-07-26
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- Worked for Corning Glass Works to create Pyrex.
- Key contributor to the start of Home Economics.
- Career of many women who worked in a hospital.
- Area that helped many men enter the field of Home Economics.
- University with one of the first Home Economics departments.
- Act that gave Home Economics funding.
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- Name chosen before Family Consumer Sciences in 1899.
- Name Ellen Swallow Richards advocated for at Lake Placid.
- Location of the conferences that started FCS.
- Individuals who taught rural farm wives about canning.
10 Clues: Act that gave Home Economics funding. • Location of the conferences that started FCS. • Career of many women who worked in a hospital. • Worked for Corning Glass Works to create Pyrex. • Key contributor to the start of Home Economics. • Name chosen before Family Consumer Sciences in 1899. • Individuals who taught rural farm wives about canning. • ...
Economics Chapter 1 Vocabulary 2021-04-21
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- It is the accumulation of economic products
- Cost ___ analysis
- __ cost It is simply what you gave up, your 2nd choice.
- Work performed for someone
- ___ of labor allows workers to do fewer tasks than ever before.
- You need to understand the __ Enterprise system.
- A __ market is where you spend your income
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- A Production ____ frontier illustrates the concept of opportunity cost.
- Economic ___ is when nation's total output increases over time.
- It is the fundamental problem in economics.
- A __ market is where you make your income.
- It is the study of how to take care of your unlimited wants through careful use of your scarce resources.
- You need to understand the Free __ system.
- Tangible Item that is useful or satisfies a want.
- __, capital & durable are the three types of goods.
- It is how much something is worth in dollars & cents.
- This term means satisfaction in Economics.
17 Clues: Cost ___ analysis • Work performed for someone • A __ market is where you make your income. • You need to understand the Free __ system. • A __ market is where you spend your income • This term means satisfaction in Economics. • It is the fundamental problem in economics. • It is the accumulation of economic products • You need to understand the __ Enterprise system. • ...
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
Across
- 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
Across
- element
- science
- atmosphere
- meteorology
- hydrosphere
- jamess watt
- carbon
- theory
- kinetic
- experiment
- electrical energy
- acidity
- thermodynamics
- horsepower
- biosphere
- ecology
Down
- 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
Across
- (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
Across
- 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
Down
- 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 • ...
