Challenge your knowledge with this hard difficulty crossword focused on real-world applications of ocean pollution mitigation. Perfect for middle school students studying environmental solutions.
Silent Threats of Ocean Pollution is a medium crossword puzzle with 20 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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Silent Threats of Ocean Pollution
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- 1. Chemical that kills plants, contaminating water
- 2. Relating to the ocean environment
- 3. Substance polluting water and affecting health
- 4. Disruptive sediment excavation affecting water quality
- 6. Runoff carrying pollutants from urban areas to sea
- 9. Process where toxins increase up the food chain
- 12. Accidental release causing black slicks on water
- 15. Excess nutrients causing oxygen depletion
- 17. Bloom of these organisms can create dead zones
- 18. Discarded trash that often ends up on beaches
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- 5. Element involved in ocean warming and acidification
- 7. Waste water often discharged into coastal waters
- 8. Tiny particles from broken down garbage in oceans
- 10. Illegal disposal of waste materials into the ocean
- 11. Poisons released that harm aquatic ecosystems
- 13. Where much plastic waste originates before ocean entry
- 14. Objects that remain on the water surface causing harm
- 16. Fertilizer chemical causing overgrowth in seas
- 19. Common marine debris material harmful to wildlife
- 20. Unintended catch harming non-target marine life
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