Land and Water Pollution

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Across
  1. 4. An infectious disease passed by a mosquito bite, infected with a parasite
  2. 6. A type of flu caused by a coronavirus, concentrated in Asia
  3. 8. Structure built to prevent ocean waters from flooding adjacent land.
  4. 9. Solid waste material from wastewater.
  5. 11. Excess nutrients from human activities that make their way into waterbodies; it causes nutrient pollution that alters food webs and harms water quality.
  6. 13. A coronavirus that causes the disease known as Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome.
  7. 16. A disease in which prions mutate into deadly pathogens and slowly damage a cow’s nervous system (2 words)
  8. 17. A type of carcinogen that causes damage to the genetic material of a cell.
  9. 18. ________ disruptor: chemical that interferes with the normal functioning of hormones in an animal’s body.
  10. 19. _______ pollution: Occurs when humans cause a substantial change in the temperature of a water body.
  11. 20. increase in chemical concentration in animal tissues as the chemical moves up the food chain.
  12. 24. _________ oxygen demand (BOD): amount of oxygen a quantity of water uses over time
  13. 27. An infectious disease that has not been previously described or has not been common for at least 20 years.
  14. 28. ________ disease: slowly impairs the functioning of a person’s body.
  15. 29. A disease caused by a pathogen passed by a moquito that causes fetuses to be born with unusually small heads and damaged brains.
  16. 30. Type of bacteria that lives in human waste and indicates that sewage can be contaiminating a water source (2 words)
  17. 31. _________ waste management: An approach to waste disposal that employs several waste reduction, management, and disposal strategies in order to reduce the environmental impact of MSW.
  18. 32. An infection of the intestines that causes diarrhea, which results in dehydration and can cause death.
Down
  1. 1. A chemical that disrupts the nervous systems of animals.
  2. 2. A highly contagious disease caused by a bacteria that primarily infects the lungs.
  3. 3. contaminated industrial sites that require environmental cleanup
  4. 5. Liquid that can contain elevated levels of pollutants as a result of having passed through the solid waste of a landfill.
  5. 7. disease in which there is a severe loss of the body's cellular immunity
  6. 10. A disease caused by a bacterium that is transmitted by ticks.
  7. 12. An epidemic that occurs over a large geographic region, such as an entire continent.
  8. 14. An infectious disease with high death rates
  9. 15. A virus that lives in hundreds of species of birds and is transmitted among birds by mosquitoes (3 words)
  10. 21. chemical that causes cancer.
  11. 22. A chemical that interferes with the normal development of embryos or fetuses.
  12. 23. a form of influenza occurring in poultry in Asia caused by a virus capable of spreading to humans (2 words)
  13. 25. ________ study: An experiment that exposes organisms to a hazard for a short duration.
  14. 26. A relatively small and simple sewage treatment system, made up of a septic tank and a leach field, often used for homes in rural areas