Lecture 8 quiz: Mining, Energy and Waste Management
Across
- 5. potent greenhouse gas whose release in associated with open dumps
- 6. involves the use of moderate to fast flowing water bodies
- 8. negatively impacted by soil erosion associated with mining
- 10. rock containing a large proportion of a particular mineral
- 12. term describing the use of technology to accomplish a certain task with less energy
- 14. type of solid waste discarded from businesses in the vicinity of urban areas
- 15. metal extracted from the earth’s crust and used in extensively in automobile and aircraft manufacture
Down
- 1. one of the most viable renewable energy options for Jamaica
- 2. type of hazardous waste implicated in birth defects
- 3. lined with clay and plastic to avoid ground water contamination
- 4. takes advantage of heated rocks below the earth’s surface
- 7. primary waste management option that when employed will lessen our use of waste disposal methods
- 9. involves extensive deforestation
- 11. chemical contaminant found in mine waters
- 13. energy source involving fission and fusion which emits low levels of carbon dioxide