Science Crossword

2. – Preventing the wasteful use of a resource
7. Resource – Substances such as forest, water, fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain
8. – The surroundings in which a person, animal or plant lives or operates
9. – The natural environment where a plant or animal lives, providing the necessities of life
11. – A community of living organisms (biotic) interacting with their non-living (abiotic) environment
13. – The presence into the environment of a substance that has harmful or poisonous effects
14. Capacity – The number of organisms that can be held by a region

1. Factor – An environmental resource that restricts the growth, or abundance of a population or population size
3. Resource – Resources that are consumed faster than they can be replenished as eventually they run out
4. Resource – Substances such as water, fertile land, and forests that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain
5. – The ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level
6. – The job of supervising or taking care of something, such as an organization or property
10. – The action of clearing a wide area of trees
12. Species – A species of animal or plant that is seriously at risk of extinction