Chapter 5 - Environmental Impacts

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Across
  1. 2. type of pollution that results from several widespread sources that cannot be traced back to a single location
  2. 3. (AQI) scale that ranks levels of ozone and other air pollutants
  3. 10. type of pollution that can be identified from a single source
  4. 12. removal of large areas of forest for human purposes
  5. 14. the process of restoring land disturbed by mining
  6. 15. largest number of individuals of a given species that Earth’s resources can support and maintain for a long period of time
  7. 16. natural process that occurs when certain gases in the atmosphere absorb and reradiate thermal energy from the Sun
  8. 17. development of desertlike conditions due to human activities and/or climate change
Down
  1. 1. rain or snow that has a lower pH than that of normal rainwater
  2. 4. natural source of supply or support
  3. 5. portion of precipitation that moves over land and eventually reaches streams, rivers, lakes, and oceans
  4. 6. mix of solid and liquid particles in the air, including smoke, dust, and dirt
  5. 7. increase in Earth’s average surface temperature
  6. 8. to throw away
  7. 9. development of land near a city to build houses and other buildings
  8. 10. all the members of a species living in a given area
  9. 11. planting trees to replace trees that have been cut or burned down
  10. 13. type of air pollution that occurs when nitrogen and carbon compounds, released by the burning of fossil fuels, react in sunlight