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- 4. is a layer in the earth's stratosphere at an altitude of about 6.2 miles (10 km) containing a high concentration of ozone, which absorbs most of the ultraviolet radiation reaching the earth from the sun.
- 5. a substances used for destroying insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants or to animals.
- 6. thrust a technique in first aid to dislodge
- 8. a disease in which the body’s ability to produce or respond to the hormone insulin is impaired, resulting in abnormal metabolism of carbohydrates and elevated levels of glucose in the blood and urine.
- 10. a central nervous system (neurological) disorder in which brain activity becomes abnormal, causing seizures or periods of unusual behavior, sensations and sometimes loss of awareness.
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- 1. a process that occurs when gases in Earth's atmosphere trap the Sun's heat.
- 2. Resuscitationa medical procedure involving repeated compression of a patient's chest, performed in an attempt to restore the blood circulation and breathing of a person who has suffered cardiac arrest.
- 3. are a place to dispose of refuse and other waste material by burying it and covering it over with soil, especially as a method of filling in or extending usable land.
- 7. Rain any form of precipitation with acidic components, such as sulfuric or nitric acid that fall to the ground from the atmosphere in wet or dry forms.
- 9. a person who concentrates primarily on a particular subject or activity; a person highly skilled in a specific and restricted field.