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Pollution
Types of Pollution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a mixture of smoke, fog, and chemicals? | SMOG |
| What is waste that usually is flushed away in water? | SEWAGE |
| What is anything that harms the environment? | POLLUTION |
| When gases in the air mix with water and fall to the earth is called | ACID RAIN |
| Materials, such as paper and cups, that are thrown away on the ground are called | LITTER |
| Harmful substances that are released into the environment are called | POLLUTANTS |
| When too much heat is trapped by polluted air in the atmosphere is knows as | THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT |
| The thinning of Earth's ozone layer caused by chemicals leaking into the atmosphere is called | OZONE DEPLETION |
| Waste materials that are harmful to human health or poisonous to living organims. | HAZARDOUS WASTES |