7-7:3 Environment Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Love Canal | A 1970's New York housing development named Love Canal because they noticed that their community had a high rate of certain serious health problems. |
Three Mile Island | March 28, one of the reactors here nuclear facility outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, overheated when its cooling system failed. They closed this operation, but later closed it. |
Bhopal | A major ecological disaster occurred at a chemical plant in Bhopal, India. |
Chernobyl | An explosion happened here released radioactive waste that killed hundreds and caused many health problems. |
Prince William Sound | Oil tanker that spilled more than 11 million gallons of oil into the water. |
Ecology | The study of the relationships between living things and their environments, |
Pesticide | The chemicals used to kill insects on plants. |
Earth Day | A celebration started by Senator Gaylord Nelson, the first Earth Day was healed on April 22, 1970 |
Multilateral environmental agreement (MEA) | Pacts among nations to protect the environment. |
Kyoto Accords | A framework for designing an environmental treaty. |
Pollution | The release of wastes into the environment. |
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