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SODALIMEWhite granular mixture of calcium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide that absorbs carbon dioxide and water vapour (4,4)
POTASHWhite, granular powder
VISCOSERayon produced from a solution of cellulose treated with sodium hydroxide and carbon disulphide (7)
GLOBALWARMINGPhenomenon associated with the production of carbon dioxide and other activities that has resulted in the increase of average air temperatures near Earth's surface over the past one to two centuries.
FOSSILFUELThe name for a carbon-containing energy source that produces carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases when it is burned.
HEATBed bugs come out at night when the lure of Carbon dioxide and our ___ is too much to handle
ACIDRAINPrecipitation that contains a high concentration of pollutants, chiefly sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide
GREENHOUSEGases such as carbon dioxide and methane (10)
GREENHOUSEGASESCarbon dioxide and methane
RUSTName a coating which consists chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide (4)
GELIGNITEHigh explosive consisting of nitroglycerine and nitrocellulose dissolved in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate, invented by Alfred Nobel in 1875 (9)
SLAKEDLIMECommon name for calcium hydroxide, used in the food industry as additive E526 (6,4)
OZONE____ layer, thin part of the Earth's atmosphere that absorbs most of the sun's ultraviolet light (5)
ALKALI- metal; any one of the six elements constituting Group 1 of the periodic table including lithium, potassium and sodium (6)
ANIONSHydroxide and chloride
SLAKADLIMECalcium hydroxide, familiarly
LIMEWATERSolution made with calcium hydroxide
EXHAUSTSystem in a petrol/diesel vehicle from which CO2 and other gases are expelled and released into the atmosphere (7)
PHOTORECEPTORCell or organ that absorbs light and converts it to a nervous or other signal (13)
OZONELAYERRegion of the stratosphere that absorbs high-energy solar ultraviolet radiation (5,5)