AP Enviro Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 4. The area of land that provides water to a system
- 7. Water that flows over land and collects
- 13. Permanently frozen soil
- 14. use, and adapted traits
- 15. A chemical that hurts an individual's health
- 17. Matter fundamental for the growth and reproduction of organisms
- 18. A kind of tree that loses its leaves for the winter
- 19. A loose mixture of rock fragments, sand, organic material, and more
- 20. The number of species in an area
- 22. A spinning object that generates energy
- 24. A chemical that causes cancer
- 25. A group of individuals that are specialized and able to produce fertile offspring
- 29. Nonliving parts of an organism's environment
- 33. The study of how organisms interact with the environment and with each other
- 34. A disease causing organism
- 35. A well tested group of observations explaining a concept
- 37. An area developed and populated by humans
- 39. A trait/process that helps an organism respond to environmental changes
- 40. Collecting materials that can be broken down and reused
- 41. All of the factors with which an organism interacts
- 42. A colorless, unstable, toxic gas, that we need to survive
Down
- 1. The buildup of negative chemicals in the body
- 2. The transfer of energy through space
- 3. Able to be broken down naturally
- 5. A pollutant released into the atmosphere
- 6. Any kind of gas that traps heat in the atmosphere
- 8. Not to be confused with dessertification
- 9. The specific environment where an organism lives
- 10. A species that is the first to explore a new environment
- 11. An artificial lake where water is stored for human use
- 12. anything with mass that occupies space
- 16. A map of the steps facilitating the transfer of energy between organisms
- 21. Species that violently spread beyond their natural habitat are known as "_____"
- 23. A gradual process resulting in land being worn away
- 26. A liquid fossil fuel
- 27. A mixture of chemicals forming a grayish brownish fog
- 28. Any organism's specific habitat,
- 30. The process where one organism feeds on another
- 31. A long period of rest, usually in winter
- 32. Unwanted material produced by any organism's life process
- 36. Day to day conditions in Earth's atmosphere
- 38. A measurement of the amount of dissolved salts in a body of water