AGRICULTURE
This is the science or practice of farming to grow crops and raise livestock.
Agriculture
This is the large-scale development of industries in a region.
Industrialization
This refers to the different plants, animals, and other living things found in an area.
Biodiversity
Industries release these things into the atmosphere that cause air pollution.
Smoke and toxic gases
This is what happens when waste chemicals are discharged into water bodies and mix with the water.
Water pollution
These are animals raised on a farm for food or money, such as cows and chickens.
Livestock
This term refers to the increase in the proportion of people living in towns and cities.
Urbanization
When forests are destroyed, animals lose these two essential things needed for survival.
Food and Shelter
This word describes how far or clearly you can see, which is reduced in polluted cities.
Visibility
This is trash dropped on the ground in public places that can cause wildfires and harm wildlife.
Litter
Farmers spray these two chemicals on crops to help them grow and protect them from insects.
Fertilizers and Pesticides
This is the world's tallest building, located in Dubai, built to maximize the use of small ground spaces.
The Burj Khalifa
A species faces this when it has a high risk of extinction in the wild.
It's endangered
These two air pollutants dissolve in water in the atmosphere to form acid rain.
Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide.
Animals in water bodies mistake this material for food, causing serious illness or death.
Plastic
This is one negative consequence of commercial farming that destroys natural ecosystems to make space for crops.
Deforestation/cutting down forests
These are areas set aside in most cities around the world to store garbage.
Landfills
This is the term for the thick, hazy mix of smoke and fog caused by vehicle exhaust and industrial gases, most commonly found in large cities
Smog
What can acid rain can do to aquatic life in streams and lakes?
Kill it / destroy it.
Factories discharge this into water bodies, which contains toxic chemicals that harm aquatic life.
Industrial wastewater
Better farming methods increased food supply, but caused this to the natural environment
Harm / damage / contamination
When a landfill is full, it is sealed with these two materials before being covered with soil.
Clay and Thin plastic
Besides destroying habitats, people cause animal extinction through these other activities.
Using animal parts for products, traditional medicine, and hunting for recreation.
These structures show visible damage from acid rain, including ancient temples in Cambodia.
Buildings, statues, and steel structures
An empty glass container thrown in a sunny area with tall grass can cause this dangerous event.
A wildfire/fire