Science
Across
- 2. The introduction of dangerous chemicals, disease, or infectious materials.
- 5. government payment to encourage or protect a certain economic activity
- 7. 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.
- 8. water Water above the surface of the land, including lakes, rivers, streams, ponds, floodwater, and runoff.
- 10. use Various ways humans use the land such as agricultural, industrial, residential, or recreational
- 11. meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
- 12. Any material or substance which is eliminated or discarded as it is no longer useful or required.
- 14. The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves.
- 15. The condition of producing adverse bodily effects due to poisonous qualities.
Down
- 1. an area or ridge of land that provides water flowing to rivers, basins, or seas within the area.
- 3. An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements
- 4. land
- 6. water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers that can be accessed by wells.
- 9. the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
- 13. source pollution pollution that comes from a specific site