water pollution
Across
- 2. a place or period in which nothing happens or in which no life exists.
- 8. consist of active ingredients, which are combined with additional materials (excipients) selected to control dosage delivery, enhance performance and facilitate manufacture.
- 9. a source of pollution that issues from widely distributed or pervasive environmental elements.
- 11. an infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host.
- 14. a synthetic material made from a wide range of organic polymers such as polyethylene, PVC, nylon, etc., that can be molded into shape while soft and then set into a rigid or slightly elastic form.
- 15. the action or habit of consuming alcohol.
Down
- 1. a chemical or natural substance added to soil or land to increase its fertility.
- 3. a salt or ester of phosphoric acid, containing PO43− or a related anion or a group such as —OPO(OH)2.
- 4. excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen.
- 5. a salt or ester of nitric acid, containing the anion NO3− or the group —NO3.
- 6. occurs when human water pollution speeds up the aging process by introducing sewage, detergents, fertilizers, and other nutrient sources into the ecosystem.
- 7. a member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms which have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease.
- 10. a substance used for destroying insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants or to animals.
- 12. a single identifiable localised source of something.
- 13. water that has been used in the home, in a business, or as part of an industrial process.