Sunday, March 9, 2014

Chapter 15&16 Vocabulary

VOCABULARY TERMS


 • air pollution • volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
• secondary pollutants • particulate matter (PM)
particulates or particles
• primary pollutants • thermal inversion • photochemical oxidants
 • Los Angeles-type smog (brown smog) • Inversion layer
• smog • sulfurous smog • chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
• photochemical smog • London-type smog (gray smog)
• asbestos  • sick building syndrome


VOCABULARY TERMS 
 • waste • closed-loop recycling • bottom ash 
• municipal solid waste • open-loop recycling • fly ash 
• waste stream • compost • acid deposition 
• e-waste • leachate • hazardous waste 
• reduce • sanitary landfills • superfund 
• reuse • tipping fee • brownfields 
• recycle • siting • life-cycle analysis 
• source reduction • incineration • integrated waste 
 management 
• recycling • ash • RCRA • CERCLA 

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