The Environment Cris Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Ecology | The study of the relationships between living things and their environment. |
Pesticides | Chemicals used to kill insects on plants |
Earth Day | April 22 |
Multilateral Environment Agreements ( MEAs ) | Pacts among nations to protect the environment |
Kyoto Accord | One of the most talked about MEAs in recent years grew out of a conference held in Kyoto, Japan, in December 1997 |
Pollution | The release of wastes such as chemicals and/or wastes such as chemicals or harmful gases into the air, water, soil |
Love Canal 1970s | In NY the people got blood diseases, nerve damage, birth defects, and cancer because they lived on a toxic waste dump of decades. |
Bhopal, India 1984 | The chemical plant released deadly chemicals that killed 3800 people and injured 100000 people |
Chernobyl 1986 | A nuclear plant at Chernobyl released radioactive waste that kill hundreds and negatively effected the survives and the environment |
Valdez oil spill 1989 | 11 million gallons of oil into Prince William's Sound and disrupted the food chain there and killed and endangered the lives of the people and animals there. |
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