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- 4. A metric used in wastewater treatment to measure a type of oxygen demand.
- 5. Prefix meaning water.
- 7. The most easily recycled material. A type of metal commonly used for food packaging.
- 10. A harmful category of pollutants which pose serious health hazards.
- 11. Informally, US president responsible for our National Park system.
- 13. Streaming platform where you could find titles like
- 15. Your largest organ.
- 16. Insecticide that was a focus in Silent Spring.
- 17. carbon voyage
- 20. Jeans from your parents.
- 21. Franklin who was skilled in x-ray crystallography.
- 22. A collection of 20a.
- 23. Young environmental activist who made the
- 26. Earth Day's month, for short.
- 29. The site of the worst nuclear disaster in history.
- 33. Name of an animal and also a chemical unit of measurement.
- 36. A popular sugary beverage brand that uses biodegradable plastic packaging.
- 37. The characteristic of a material or substance that can be broken down by natural non-chemical methods.
- 38. Lovingly, lead actor in the 2021 allegory for climate disaster, Don't Look Up.
- 39. prefix for earth
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- 1. These substances were banned by the FDA in 2016 for food contact materials.
- 2. what a pollutant does as it makes its way up the food chain
- 3. Silent spring author.
- 6. Air condition common in coastal cities and industrial areas.
- 8. US state with the worst air pollution according to the American Lung Association.
- 9. A type of rain which will increase in frequency as a result of climate change.
- 11. Least biodiverse ecosystem type.
- 12. US President who formed the EPA.
- 14. The most common form of commercial plastic.
- 18. The universal donor.
- 19. Where most recyclable materials are destined to go.
- 24. Government agency concerned with conservation.
- 25. Most dangerous type of light rays.
- 27. Greek letter which represents density.
- 28. A naturally occurring liquid high in Carbon that can be refined and used as fuel.
- 30. Branch of science concerning genetics, ecology, and cytology.
- 31. Popular 2021 documentary about pollution in the Earth's oceans.
- 32. Important component of the immune response; a type of white blood cell.
- 34. A studious suffix.
- 35. US president who first signed legislation regarding clean air and water.
