Environmental Terms

3. The contamination of water is called ___ pollution
8. The process of making an area more urban
9. Resources that aren’t finite
10. The quantity of a good that consumers want
12. Variety of life in an ecosystem
13. Fish can contain ___ plastics
14. Abandoned ___ leave toxic heavy metals in the surrounding area
16. ___ change is one of this generations greatest concerns
18. Where more people are located within a location than what is considered tolerable
20. A substance that is introduced with a negative affect

1. Clearing a wide area of trees
2. The air ___ can affect people’s health in large cities like New York
4. Government agency that deals with environmental matters
5. ___ warming is the increase of atmospheric temperatures
6. ___ are more common due to the rise of droughts
7. Avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance
11. The release of fumes is also known as ___
15. Emissions from cars lead to __ pollution
17. ___ gasses are caused by rising CO2 levels
19. A great reduction