Across
- 5. This is affected by pollution.
- 6. Garbage produced by people in a household.
- 7. Heated waterwaste caused by melting down plastics, releasing toxins into the water.
- 9. Waste produced by factories, recreational facilities, and commercial businesses.
- 10. A mix of sediment, pesticides, fertilizers and other agricultural wastes let into rivers and streams.
- 11. Discharge of heated water into a body of water, raising water temperature and endangering aquatic life.
- 13. Capable of being decomposed by biological agents, especially bacteria.
- 15. Large land-mass sized collections of trash in the ocean where tides meet.
Down
- 1. Capable of being broken down by light.
- 2. A minute life form; a microorganism, especially a bacterium that causes a disease.
- 3. Excess of nutrients in coastal areas due to runoff, causing a lack of oxygen in the water.
- 4. A mostly solid byproduct of poor wastewater treatment.
- 8. Chemicals sprayed on crops to prevent insects from destroying them.
- 12. Small plastic particles that are generally smaller than 1mm.
- 14. A metal with a specific gravity greater than 5.0, especially one that is poisonous, such as lead or mercury