Environmental Health
Across
- 3. trapping of heat by carbon dioxide and other gases in the air
- 5. batteries, cleaners, medicines, aerosols, oil, paint, gasoline
- 8. discarded food waste, paper, wood, leaves, grass, shredded newspaper
- 9. special areas accumulating trash and waste, lined with clay or plastic to stop the chemicals from seeping out
- 10. shields surface of the Earth from UV radiation
Down
- 1. rise in Earth's temperatures causing further abnormal weather patterns and rising of water levels
- 2. dirty or harmful substances in the environment
- 4. oil, coal, and natural gas converted into energy (heat & electricity)
- 6. comes from the chemicals in gases released from the fossil fuels that mix with the moisture in the air
- 7. gases from fossil fuels mix with chemicals in the air to form a yellow-brown haze when the sunlight reacts to the pollutants