Lesson 11 Vocabulary Crossword

what is a series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the processing of manufactured goods?
location factors related to the transportation of materials into and from a factory
location factors related to the costs of factors of production inside a plant, such as land, labor, and capital
likely to decay or go bad quickly
a location where transfer is possible from one mode of transportation to another
an industry for which labor costs compromise a high percentage of total expenses
the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center
a fabric made by weaving, used in making clothing
concentration of trace substances such as carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons and solid particulates at a greater level than occurs in average air
the anticipated increase in earths temperature caused by carbon dioxide trapping some of the radiation emitted by the surface
a gas that absorbs ultraviolet solar radiation, found in the stratosphere, a zone 15 to 50 kilometers above earths surface
a gas used as a solvent, a propellant in aerosols, a refrigerant, and in plastic foams and fire extinguishers
complex chemical and atmospheric phenomenon that occurs when emissions of sulfur and nitrogen compounds and other substances are transformed by chemical processes in the atmosphere and then deposited on earth in either wet or dry form
conversion of sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides to acids that return to earth as rain snow or fog
an atmospheric condition formed through a combination of weather conditions and pollution
a place to dispose of refuse and other waste material by burying it and covering it over with soil, especially as a method of filling in or extending usable land
the amount of oxygen required by aquatic bacteriato decompose a given load of organic waste; a measure of water pollution
a u.s law thatprevents a union and a company from negotiating a contract that requires workers to join the union as a condition of employment
a decision by a corporation to turn over much of the responsibility for production to independent suppliers
a factory built by a u.s company in mexico near the u.s border to take advantage of the much lower labor costs in mexico