Environmental Systems and Societies Year 02 Crossword Puzzle #1

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  1. 2. another word for detergent that has a hydrophillic charged head and hydrophobic fatty acid tails that begins with the letter s
  2. 6. name of water stage cycle that deals with cooling of water vapor into gas
  3. 7. water cycle stage for when snowflakes or solid water is deposited onto snow caps of mountaintops
  4. 8. another word for floating that begins with the letter b
  5. 11. four letter acronym for polyfluroylalkyl substances which are also known as forever chemicals
  6. 13. water that is stored underground in the soil and rock formations of the Earth
  7. 17. name for the process that occurs when nutrients accumulate in a body of water causing an excessive growth of microorganisms and plant life
  8. 19. a thin slimy film of bacteria
  9. 22. means the logarithmic concentration of hydrogen protons in your sample
  10. 23. number one source of petroleum introduced into our water that’s naturally occuring
  11. 26. Total Dissolved (blank) which represents the total soluble solid content in water where anything greater than 400 is poor and not suitable for human use.
  12. 28. water cycle stage for when water molecules turn into gas due to heating up from the sun
  13. 29. type of salt that means iron and begins with the letter f that can be used to chemically precipitate out negatively charged nutrients such as phosphates from eutrophied lakes contaminated with fertilizer
  14. 31. a physical material akin to a cotton ball for absorbing the oil
  15. 35. a measure of water quality dealing with salt water content
  16. 36. an element that starts with the letter a that is positively charged and can also be used to chemically remove nutrients from bodies of water suffering from eutrophication
  17. 37. lemon juice is an example of an (blank) on the pH scale
  18. 39. name of marine species of bacteria that I showed can cleanup oil spills in a microbial communities using tubule-like extensions / the genus is Alcanivorax
  19. 42. chemical way to treat PFAS contaminated water samples using cold plasma electron (blank)
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  1. 1. electrical (blank) that is used for assessing water quality and is measured in microSiemens per centimeter
  2. 3. Forever chemicals disrupt the immune system and has been linked to thyroid disease and low birth weight and this type of disease that’s characterized by cell outgrowths
  3. 4. water cycle stage for the movement of water thru the stoma of plant leaves into the atmosphere
  4. 5. complete this phrase “Nonpolar dissolves (blank)"
  5. 8. bleach or sodium hypochlorite is an example of a (blank) on the pH scale
  6. 9. international standard unit of measure for temperature that begins with the letter c
  7. 10. general term that begins with the letter p that means contamination of water, air, or environment.
  8. 12. term for when you go from a solid into a gas without becoming a liquid
  9. 14. a physical device akin to the edges of the plastic cup that contains the oil spill from spreading
  10. 15. verb that means to suck out liquid from a contaminated lake and begins with the letter s
  11. 16. type of flying machinery that’s used for dispensing chemical dispersants like surfactants over oil spills
  12. 18. water cycle term that begins with the letter a describing how plants take up water through their roots
  13. 20. another word for plant food that begins with the letter n
  14. 21. name of PFAS material found on the coating of non-stick pants that gets introduced into our water supply when scrubbed
  15. 24. another word for oil that begins with the letter p that's more buoyant than water which is why it floats on the ocean surface
  16. 25. complete this phrase “Polar dissolves (blank)"
  17. 27. an agricultural product that begins with the letter f that’s primarily responsible for eutrophication
  18. 30. rainfall
  19. 32. a physical device akin to the plastic spoon for scooping out oil after an oil spill
  20. 33. name of the chemical process for breaking down oil into smaller droplets
  21. 34. a chemical method for combusting oil spills that’s been surrounded by booms into flames producing harmful cancerous, toxic byproducts into the air in the process
  22. 38. a unit of measurement where the units are grams over liters and petroleum has 0.64 mg/L of this measure
  23. 40. this gas becomes depleted in lakes with eutrophication as the algae start to die off due to nutrient depletion
  24. 41. during eutrophication green algae proliferate and blocks this type of light wave that comes from the sun from reaching underneath the ocean surface