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| are things found in nature that living organisms use |
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resources that can be replaced by natural processes in 100 years or less
Sun, Trees, Water, Wind, Air, Food Crops |
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are resources that cannot be replaced by natural processes within 100 years.
Coal, Crude oil, natural gas, aluminum, other metals, land, gold. |
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| is an area where garbage is deposited. |
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| any material that can harm living things by interfering with life processes. |
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| happens when the gases released by burning oil and coal mix with water in the air to form acidic rain or snow |
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| is whatever people throw away that is in a solid or near solid form |
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| means reusing materials after they have been changed into another form. |
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| Water Pollution can happen by 5 things. |
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Household cleaners
Pesticides
Fertilizers
Oil or grease
Litter - reaches our water supplies |
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| Examples of hazardous waste |
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PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls
trichloroethylene, or TCE.
perchloroethylene, or perc
Copper |
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Oil - Plastic
Coal - electricity
Iron ore - Metal
minerals - jewelry.
Sand - Glass |
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dumping urban waste on the streets,
dumping industrial waste,
The soil gets polluted by bad chemicals |
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