Environmental Biotechnology and Management

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Across
  1. 3. – Nutrient enrichment process leading to algal blooms.
  2. 4. – Anaerobic system that treats industrial wastewater using sludge blanket.
  3. 5. – 1981 Indian legislation for controlling atmospheric contaminants.
  4. 8. – Agreement focused on reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
  5. 11. – Result of SO₂ and NOₓ combining with atmospheric moisture.
  6. 12. – Uptake and internal storage of pollutants by living organisms.
  7. 14. – Water pollutant estimated using salicylic acid colorimetric method.
  8. 15. – Moral principles guiding sustainable environmental practices.
  9. 17. – A gas in the stratosphere that protects life from UV-B radiation.
  10. 18. – Any chemical foreign to a biological system, often toxic.
  11. 19. – Nutrient causing eutrophication when in excess in water bodies.
  12. 20. – Organism used to assess environmental health or pollution levels.
  13. 21. – 1974 Indian law enacted to prevent and control water pollution.
  14. 23. – Biodegradation of organic waste like fruit peels into manure.
  15. 24. – Fixed-film aerobic system where wastewater passes over microbial biofilm.
  16. 26. – Analytical device combining biological elements with a transducer.
  17. 28. – Exploration of biodiversity for commercially valuable biochemical compounds.
  18. 29. – Data derived from biological systems used in bioprospecting.
  19. 30. – Increase in pollutant concentration across food chain levels.
  20. 31. – Use of living organisms to clean up environmental contaminants.
  21. 32. – A persistent organochlorine pesticide banned in many countries.
Down
  1. 1. – Passive binding of heavy metals to microbial cell walls.
  2. 2. – Global treaty to phase out ozone-depleting substances.
  3. 6. – Extraction of metals from ores using microorganisms.
  4. 7. – Type of effect caused by excess atmospheric CO₂ and CH₄ trapping heat.
  5. 9. – A lagoon-based system where microbes degrade organic waste under sunlight.
  6. 10. – Heavy metal pollutant existing in toxic hexavalent and trivalent forms.
  7. 13. – Process producing methane from organic waste in absence of oxygen.
  8. 16. – Gradual buildup of pollutants in living tissues over time.
  9. 22. – Aerobic microbial process used in wastewater treatment.
  10. 25. – Organic xenobiotics used to control agricultural pests.
  11. 27. – The 1972 conference that initiated global environmental governance.