Unit 4 Waste Management Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 6. Gases such as carbon dioxide or methane that can contribute to climate change in large amounts
  2. 8. An area used mainly for the disposal of waste
  3. 9. When a country transports its waste to a different country
  4. 11. Microscopic pieces of plastic that can be found in almost every man made and natural product
  5. 13. Something that is able to be broken down by environmental elements
  6. 14. Breaking down a substance by using yeast or bacteria. This process is used to make alcoholic beverages.
  7. 15. The process of filtering a liquid through an object in order to remove certain solids
Down
  1. 1. The act of decaying organic waste in order to make fertilizer
  2. 2. The concentration of a chemical in an organism that was a result of eating another organism who also happened to be contaminated
  3. 3. Disposing harmful waste from man made products into the ocean
  4. 4. The growth of the concentration of a certain chemical in an organism over a period of time
  5. 5. The process of transforming waste items into new items for use
  6. 7. To save something in a secure area for later use
  7. 10. Transforming waste into other new materials for use
  8. 12. To eliminate waste something by burning it