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7th Grade Geography: Environmental Issues
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7th Grade Geography: Environmental Issues
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1. This water cycle term refers to water vapor joining together until becoming heavy enough to fall again.

2. This is formed when high levels of carbon, sulfur, or nitrogen combine with falling precipitation.

3. Bad thing about nuclear energy.

4. This environmental mishap was due to Hussein setting oil derricks on fire to keep other countries from getting the oil and to prevent outside interference.

5. This experiment or example showed why salt does not get carried into the air by Water vapor during the water cycle.

6. This environmental mishap was when a pesticide plant in India leaked harmful gases into the air.

7. Examples of greenhouse gases?

8. Examples of fossil fuels?

9. Supposedly, where is the largest hole in our ozone layer?

10. This environmental mishap occurred in London during the 1950s and caused some who suffered from respiratory problems to die or become ill.

11. Things that are done in landfills to help reduce harmful effects on the environment.

12. An example that shows how incomplete combustion can pollute the air?

13. This environmental mishap occurred in Pennsylvania when a nuclear reactor plant had a partial meltdown. No deaths were reported due to this problem.

14. This environmental mishap was when an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico broke free and oil spilled out for months.

15. This environmental mishap was due to a nuclear plant meltdown in the Ukraine (under Russia's control) and nuclear radiation leaked out.

16. Good things about nuclear energy.

17. To what part of the biosphere does the lithosphere refer?

18. How does the nitrogen cycle work?

19. Explain what is meant by the term 'Greenhouse Effect'?

20. Ways our land, air, or water can become polluted.

21. This water cycle term refers to water or moisture falling, like hail.

22. To what part of the biosphere does the hydrosphere refer?

23. These are renewable resources.

24. This water cycle term refers to water returning to the air as a gas.

25. This is a combination of smoke and fog in our air.