Public Service Unit 5 Rules & Regulations
Across
- 2. The standards for encryption that define what keeps information safe.
- 4. The process of encoding information.
- 5. A map illustrating geological features.
- 6. Chemicals designed to kill certain plants, mostly weeds.
- 7. The agency that encourages policy that benefits the environment and helps regulate businesses so that the pollutants they create do not overwhelm the environment.
- 10. Administrative systems
- 12. Rules and regulations.
- 13. A map focused on one feature.
- 14. The federal agency in charge of defining the standards for measurement in science, standards, and technology.
- 15. A substance introduced into the environment that has harmful effects or makes a resource less useful.
- 18. A map that highlights man-made borders.
- 19. Systems that take, record, store, and process spatial and geographical data.
- 20. The science of agriculture.
Down
- 1. A special status granted to someone, usually by the United States government, to verify that he or she is qualified to access confidential information.
- 3. The practice of considering the natural environment as well as relevant social factors when determining a course of action.
- 8. A law passed in 1966 that gives every American access to government documents, with some restrictions.
- 9. The top zone of soil and rock where water fills voids.
- 11. A survey of the number of people living in the United States and basic demographic information that is performed every ten years.
- 16. Pollutants released into the environment.
- 17. An independent agency that provides Congress with auditing, evaluating, and investigating services.