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| man made (burning fossils fuels, chemicals) or natural (volcanoes) |
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| where freshwater mixes with salt water |
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| slightly acidic water that lowers pH and harms the ecosystem |
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| CFC's / chlorofluorocarbons |
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| a pollutant that is related to the depletion of the ozone layer |
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| the greatest source of air pollution |
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| the first step of primary succession |
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| traps heat and is a greenhouse gas |
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| carbon dioxide's role in Earth's temperature |
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| a rise in Earth's average temperature |
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| a deadly indoor air pollutant |
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| a heavy metal pollutant that can build up in fish and can be transfered to humans when humans eat the fish |
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| where most solid waste ends up |
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| a form of pollution that forms when sunlight reacts with pollutants from burned fuel |
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| terrace, strip cropping, no-till farming |
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| farming techniques that help prevent erosion |
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| sudden massive increase in algae - caused by increases of NITROGEN (fertilizers) |
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| can be very difficult or impossible to clean up |
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| when the atmosphere traps in heat from the sun |
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| the movement of soil by wind and water |
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| a naturally occurring radioactive gas that can be a form of indoor air pollution |
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| a greenhouse gas produced by burning fossil fuels that traps heat in the atmosphere |
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| a portion of sunlight that is blocked out by the ozone layer; too much of this can cause skin cancer |
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| the large estuary that the Susquehanna River flows into |
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| when rivers and streams turn red/orange from iron and sulfur |
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| a natural gas drilling method where pressurized water, sand, and chemicals are forced deep underground; environment impacts could be polluted groundwater and fracking water leaking into streams |
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| the leading cause of water pollution in PA |
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| a cover crop used to add nitrogen to the soil and prevent erosion |
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| a source of drinking waterd in our community other than from the water company |
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| fertilizers and pesticides |
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| sources of pollution from agriculture |
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