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