Chapter 11 Vocabulary Crossword

A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods; began in the 1700s in the United Kingdom.
Factors that involve transporting materials to and from the 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 comprise a high percentage of total expenses.
Wealth in the form of money or other assets owned by a person or organization or available or contributed for a particular purpose such as starting a company or investing.
A type of cloth or woven fabric
Concentration of trace substances such as carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, hyrdrocarbons, and solid particulates, at a greater level than occurs in average air
The anticipated increase in Earth's 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 Earth's surface
A gas used as a solvent, a propellant in aerosols, a refrigerant, and in plastic foams and fire extinguishers
Sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides, emitted by burning fossil fuels, that enter the atmosphere- where they combine with oxygen and water to form sulfuric acid- and return to Earth's surface
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, especially from motor vehicle emissions
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 bacteria to decompose a given load of organic waste
A factory built by a US company in Mexico near the US border to take adv of much lower labor costs