Auveen Saad, Unit 1 Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Meeting today's needs without limiting future generations' ability to meet theirs
  2. 3. Measures oxygen needed to break down organic matter in water; indicates water's organic pollution
  3. 5. Timber, fiber, food
  4. 6. More economically developed country
  5. 7. The land and water area needed to sustain a population's resource use. If it exceeds available area, its unsustainable.
  6. 10. Reports done before projects to predict environmental, social, and economic impacts and suggest solutions
  7. 15. The yield or benefits obtained from natural resources
  8. 16. Contaminants from a single, identifiable source
  9. 18. Believes technology can solve environmental problems; emphasizes scientific research and pro-growth policies
  10. 19. Excess nutrients in water cause overgrowth of plants and phytoplankton Less economically developed country
  11. 21. Using resources so they can naturally replenish and ecosystems can recover
Down
  1. 1. Produces Oxygen, prevents floods, reduces soil erosion
  2. 4. An ecosystem's ability to produce resources and absorb waste; Earth's average is ~1.7global hectares per person
  3. 8. Contaminants from many dispersed sources
  4. 9. A worldview that shapes how people perceive and judge environmental issues
  5. 11. natural resources that provide goods or services
  6. 12. Adding substances to the environment faster than it can safely maintain and handle, harming organisms
  7. 13. The date when humanity's resource use surpasses the Earth's annual capacity. Consequences include deforestation, soil erosion, biodiversity, CO2 buildup, extreme weather, and reduced food production
  8. 14. Focuses on nature and ecology as central, valuing social, spiritual, and environmental balance over materialism
  9. 17. Centered on humans, promoting sustainable management of sources through laws, taxes, and debate
  10. 20. Maximum population or cops an area can support without harming the environment