APES VOCAB Made by Marissa Zomaya

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Across
  1. 1. Form of surface mining in which bulldozers, power shovels, or stripping wheels remove large chunks of the Earth.
  2. 3. A set of 17 metallic elements
  3. 5. waste materials left after the target mineral is extracted from ore
  4. 6. Resources that have been identified and from which a usable mineral can be extracted profitably at present prices with current mining or extraction technology
  5. 14. refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose, and then recycle.
  6. 15. Liquid that contains elevated levels of pollutants as a result of having passed through municipal solid waste (MSW) or contaminated soil.
  7. 18. Removing soil, subsoil, and other strata and then extracting a mineral deposit found relatively close to the earth's surface
  8. 20. a sustainable business strategy that mimics the natural recycling cycle and waste is reused.
  9. 21. The time it takes to use a certain fraction of the known or estimated supply of a nonrenewable resource at an assumed use rate.
  10. 22. uses microorganisms to break down pollutants in the environment, such as oil spills or industrial waste
  11. 23. Ore is a rock with a large enough mineral concentration to make it profitable for mining and processing.
  12. 24. often uses the excess heat produced to generate electricity
Down
  1. 2. a process where waste is collected, recycled and then used again to make the same product it came from
  2. 4. materials from plastics to food scraps, with paper being the most common waste product
  3. 7. engineered waste disposal sites where solid waste is carefully placed in layers and compacted to reduce volume.
  4. 8. a practice where the tops of mountains are removed
  5. 9. a hazardous waste disposal method in which a well is drilled deep beneath an area's water table into porous rock below an impervious soil layer.
  6. 10. discarded electrical or electronic devices,
  7. 11. any material that poses a substantial threat to human health or the environment due to its chemical properties.
  8. 12. taking a product and making something new out of the materials
  9. 13. the process of converting waste materials into new products
  10. 16. The process of recycling organic waste, such as food scraps and yard debris, into nutrient-rich soil amendments that can be used in gardening and agriculture
  11. 17. uses plants to clean up contaminated soil and water by absorbing pollutants through their roots.
  12. 19. a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation and sustainable use in an equitable way.