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Air Pollution
Question | Answer |
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Define Pollutant | waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil |
Define Acid Precipitation | rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions |
Define Greenhouse Effect | The trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere |
Define Ozone Depletion | Ozone depletion describes two distinct, but related observations: a slow, steady decline of about 4 percent per decade |
Define Erosion | The process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents. |
Define Hazardous Wast | A hazardous waste is waste that poses substantial or potential threats to public health or the environment. |
Define Recycling | Convert (waste) into reusable material |
Define Conservation | Preservation, protection, or restoration of the natural environment, natural ecosystems, vegetation, and wildlife. |
Define Reduce | Make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size: "the need to reduce costs"; "a reduced risk of coronary disease". |
Define Reuse | The action of using something again. |