103 Winter 2015 Final
Across
- 2. Name of the sea that shrank due to the Soviet Union diverting rivers to irrigate crops of cotton.
- 4. Migrant workers often send ____ to their families in their country of origin, and this financial input can make up a huge proportion of the GDP of these countries.
- 6. “Grey air” is another name for ____ smog.
- 7. The ____ energy yield is the amount of energy produced by a given source after accounting for energy used to extract, process and bring it to consumers.
- 9. Class of human-mad chemicals that are responsible for destroying ozone in the stratosphere.
- 10. A type of chemical reaction that is powered by the sun.
- 14. The number of oxygen atoms in a molecule of ozone.
- 15. The outermost layer of the atmosphere.
- 17. Dr. MacEwan’s first name.
- 18. Hydraulic fracturing is also known as ____.
- 21. Last name of the current Federal Minister of the Environment.
- 23. The V in VOC stands for ____.
- 24. Besides humans, this mammal is probably responsible for more biodiversity loss than any other organism.
- 25. Canadian design for nuclear reactors.
Down
- 1. Last name of our Prime Minister.
- 3. This property of resource use ensures that the resource can be used indefinitely.
- 5. A word meaning “human-caused”.
- 8. Last name of the dictator who caused the largest oil spill in history.
- 11. Energy that is captured by harnessing the force of water is called ____ power.
- 12. Huge deposits of coal were formed by heating and compressing the remains of forests that grew and died during this geological time period.
- 13. Source of energy that humans use at a slower rate than it is replenished.
- 16. The function of this component of hydraulic fracturing fluid is to prop open small cracks in oil or gas-bearing rock formations to allow the fuel to flow into pipes and be pumped to the surface.
- 19. Name of the river that is the site of the world’s largest hydroelectric dam.
- 20. Heavier elements are formed within stars as a result of this nuclear reaction. Also a potentially limitless source of clean energy if it can be made to work.
- 22. The overexploitation of ____ capital underlies many of the environmental problems plaguing humanity today.