| A | B |
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| caused by nitrous and sulfur oxides reacting with water to form nitric a sulfuric acid | acid rain |
| caused by an increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, this traps heat resulting in the green house effect | global warming |
| thinning of ozone layer in the atmosphere allowing harmful UV rays to enter Earth's atmousphere | ozone depletion |
| chemical responsible for damaging ozone layer | CFC's |
| contains nitrogen phosphate, and potassium, causes algae to grow | fertilizers |
| kill insects (pests) | pesticides |
| an example of a pesticide that hurts eagle and other eggs | DDT |
| example of a place where companies dumped hazardous waste into the ground. It seeped into the water and affected the drinking supply, causing people to get leukemia | Woburn |
| site where there was a nuclear accident in the US. radiation was released | Three Mile Island |
| Number of years it takes for radioactive waste to decay | 10,000 |
| One way we can reduce the amount of garbage in a landfill where it won't decay and become soil is to put our food in a pile with bacteria and oxygen-this is called a | compost |
| Oil spill in 1989 that killed more willife than any other environmental disaster in our nation's history; big oil SPILLS, however, are not the biggest source of oil pollution | Exxon Valdez |
| CFC's, the chemical that breaks down the ozone layer, are found in this product | styrofoam |
| the ozone layer protects us from these harmful rays from the sun | Ultraviolet Rays |
