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Photochemical Smog: A brownish haze that is a mixture of ozone and other chemicals, formed when nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons, and other pollutants react with each other in the presence of sunlight.
Natural Resource: Anything in the environment that is used by people.
Renewable Resource: A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time.
Environmental Science: The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them.
Chlorofluorocarbon: Chlorine compounds that are the main cause of ozone depletion; also called CFC’s
Greenhouse Effect:The process by which heat is trapped in the atmosphere by water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and other gases that form a “blanket” around Earth.
Global Warming: The theory that increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will raise Earth’s average temperature.
Climate: The average, year -after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area.
Air Mass: A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure.
Pollution: The contamination of Earth’s land, water, or air.
Tic Tac Toe Crossword
Across:3. | Anything in the environment that is used by people. | 7. | The theory that increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will raise Earth’s average temperature. | 9. | The average, year -after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area. |
| | Down:1. | The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them. | 2. | The contamination of Earth’s land, water, or air. | 4. | A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time. | 5. | A brownish haze that is a mixture of ozone and other chemicals, formed when nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons, and other pollutants react with each other in the presence of sunlight. | 6. | The process by which heat is trapped in the atmosphere by water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and other gases that form a “blanket” around Earth. | 8. | A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure. |
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Tic Tac Toe Crossword
Across:3. | Anything in the environment that is used by people. | 7. | The theory that increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will raise Earth’s average temperature. | 9. | The average, year -after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area. |
| | Down:1. | The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them. | 2. | The contamination of Earth’s land, water, or air. | 4. | A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time. | 5. | A brownish haze that is a mixture of ozone and other chemicals, formed when nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons, and other pollutants react with each other in the presence of sunlight. | 6. | The process by which heat is trapped in the atmosphere by water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and other gases that form a “blanket” around Earth. | 8. | A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure. |
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