Pollution Crossword
Across
- 5. they affect the distance you can see
- 7. the process of being moved
- 9. fog or haze combined with smoke and other atmospheric pollutants
- 11. Example: Carbon Dioxide
- 16. A layer of gas that protects us from UV rays
- 17. Example: Coal
- 18. Volatile Organic Compound
- 19. As ____ moves, it picks up and carries pollution, which it can deposit into ponds, lakes, coastal waters, and underground sources of drinking water.
Down
- 1. towns and cities cause _____ runoff
- 2. a substance that has a harmful or poisonous effects
- 3. a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the agriculture of the prairies
- 4. the process where pollutants cause the earth's climate to change
- 6. a state with seven cities with smog issues
- 8. water held underground in pores in rock
- 10. what caused the dust bowl
- 12. the science or practice of farming
- 13. a gas harmful to plants (O3)
- 14. A federal agency that protects the environment
- 15. the total mass of organisms in a given area or volume
- 17. the process of injecting liquid at high pressure into subterranean rocks, boreholes, etc., so as to force open existing fissures and extract oil or gas