Environmental Science Voc. Quiz #1 Crossword
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1) the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.2) a standard, model, or pattern.3) is not directly emitted as such, but forms when other pollutants (primary pollutants) react in the atmosphere.5) a form of oxygen, O 3 , with a peculiar odor suggesting that of weak chlorine, produced when an electric spark or ultraviolet light is passed through air or oxygen. It is found in the atmosphere in minute quantities, especially after a thunderstorm, is a powerful oxidizing agent, and is thus biologically corrosive. In the upper atmosphere, it absorbs ultraviolet rays, thereby preventing them from reaching the surface of the earth. It is used for bleaching, sterilizing water, etc.6) an aquatic plant having its stem, leaves, etc., extending above the surface of the water.7) the introduction of harmful substances or products into the environment.8) a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.9) the natural environment of an organism; place that is natural for the life and growth of an organism.11) an increase in the earth's average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may result from the greenhouse effect.12) the maximum, equilibrium number of organisms of a particular species that can be supported indefinitely in a given environment.13) increase in the number of people who inhabit a territory or state14) any abnormal condition in a plant that interferes with its vital physiological processes, caused by pathogenic microorganisms, parasites, unfavorable environmental, genetic, or nutritional factors, etc.19) the quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources, and thereby supporting long-term ecological balance.22) the region of the upper atmosphere extending upward from the tropopause to about 30 miles (50 km) above the earth, characterized by little vertical change in temperature. |
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4) absorbs ultraviolet radiation from the sun, protecting life on earth.10) the general pattern of demographic change from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates to low birth and death rates, as observed in the history of more developed countries.15) the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings.16) based on the maintanence of current and classica social pariahs and systems.17) Absolute or relative growth increase in the size of an organism or population over a given period of time.18) a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment.20) an air pollutant emitted directly from a source.21) is the process in which natural habitat is rendered functionally unable to support the species present.23) is a decrease in soil quality over time24) prohibited or excluded from use or practice.25) the process by which the surface of the earth is worn away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves, etc. |
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