Pollution and Waste Management

Pollution and Waste Management

Across

8. materials that do not stay in the environment for long periods becasue they are biodegradeable

13. chemically treating wasteaterials to neutralize hazardous properties

14. compounds formed when primary pollutants interact

15. come directly from a combination of industrial and manufacturing processes

16. material or product produced in quantities that harm people

17. oxygen depletion

18. materials that remain in the environment for many years without breaking down

Down

1. occurs due to buildup of dust particles, smoke and dust from industry

2. compounds transported by acid rain

3. materials that have dangerous properties

4. major form of waste from homes and commercial buildings

5. componds disolved into clouds fall as this type of rain

6. waste deposited in landfills

7. forms when nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons combine via sunlight

9. incinerating wastes

10. materials that are poisonous

11. not in my backyard

12. combination of smoke and fog ove industrialized areas

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Crossword Answers

pollution material or product produced in quantities that harm people

persistentpollutant materials that remain in the environment for many years without breaking down

non-persistentpollutants materials that do not stay in the environment for long periods becasue they are biodegradeable

primarypollutants come directly from a combination of industrial and manufacturing processes

secondarypollutants compounds formed when primary pollutants interact

smog combination of smoke and fog ove industrialized areas

industrialsmog occurs due to buildup of dust particles, smoke and dust from industry

photochemicalsmog forms when nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons combine via sunlight

acidrain componds disolved into clouds fall as this type of rain

aciddeposition compounds transported by acid rain

eutrophication oxygen depletion

domesticsewage major form of waste from homes and commercial buildings

solid waste deposited in landfills

NIMBY not in my backyard

hazardouswastes materials that have dangerous properties

toxicwastes materials that are poisonous

thermaltreatment incinerating wastes

neutralization chemically treating wasteaterials to neutralize hazardous properties