a dangerous pesticide, no longer in the USA, used to kill insects
What is DDT?
100
chemical, soil or other substances that are washed into a body of water; this often leads to water pollution
What is runoff?
100
polluted air; combination of smoke and fog
What is smog?
100
one of the two types of land pollution that is not a liquid or a gas
What is solid waste?
100
the letters that stand for an agency/organization that helps protect the environment
What is EPA?
200
where an organism lives
What is habitat?
200
water that is stored in the soil and rocks underground
What is groundwater?
200
layer of gas that protects us from the Sun's rays that is being destroyed from air pollution
What is ozone?
200
a solid waste disposal area, a dump
What is landfill?
200
taking old materials and making them into something new
What is recycling?
300
a more scientific word for farming
What is agriculture?
300
a common metal dumped into water by industries; pregnant women should not eat a lot of fish because this metal pollutes our oceans, this is also the name of a planet
What is mercury?
300
harmful rain caused by air pollution that can harm buildings and plants; causes faster erosion of land
What is acid rain?
300
one of the two types of land pollution; it is where plants grow
What is soil pollution?
300
a resource that can be replaced during a lifetime if used wisely
What is renewable?
400
a nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago
What is fossil fuel?
400
the main source of water for most people
What is groundwater?
400
average temperature and precipitation in an area
What is climate?
400
a common term for "solid waste"
What is trash?
400
teaching others about how to help the planet
What is educate?
500
a waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil
What is pollutant?
500
people can help prevent water pollution by using less of this type of cleaner which leads to algae blooms in lakes
What is detergent?
500
Radioactive odorless, tasteless gas; with long term exposure may cause lung cancer; often found in people's homes
What is radon?
500
a cause of soil pollution that also helps plants grow