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Pollutant
Poilutant
Term | Definition |
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Pollutant | Substance that contaminates any part of the environment |
Acid Precipitation | Precipitation with a pH below 5.6-which occurs when air pollutants from the burning of fossil fuels react with water in the atmosphere to form strong acids |
Green House Effect | heat-trapping feature of the atmosphere that keeps earth warm enough to support life |
Ozone Depletion | Thinning of earth's ozone layer caused by chlorofluorocarbons (cfc) leaking into the air an reacting chemically with ozone, breaking the ozone molecules a part |
Erosion | movement of soil from one place to another |
Hazardous Waste | Waste materials, such as pesticides and leftover paints, that are harmful to human health or poisonous to living organism |