Earth Day
Across
- 3. the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
- 5. able to be maintained at a certain rate or level.
- 7. a mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth.
- 9. decayed organic material used as a plant fertilizer
- 11. the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
- 12. maintain (something) in its original or existing state
- 15. contaminate (water, air, or a place) with harmful or poisonous substances.
- 16. protect (something, especially an environmentally or culturally important place or thing) from harm or destruction.
- 17. a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscape, work together to form a bubble of life.
Down
- 1. (of a species, family, or other group of animals or plants) having no living members; no longer in existence
- 2. (of a contract, agreement, etc.) capable of being renewed
- 4. relating to or derived from living matter.
- 6. the production and discharge of something, especially gas or radiation.
- 8. convert (waste) into reusable material.
- 10. 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.
- 13. trash, such as paper, cans, and bottles, that is left lying in an open or public place.
- 14. reuse (discarded objects or material) in such a way as to create a product of higher quality or value than the original
- 18. a colorless unstable toxic gas with a pungent odor and powerful oxidizing properties, formed from oxygen by electrical discharges or ultraviolet light. It differs from normal oxygen (O2) in having three atoms in its molecule (O3).
- 19. relating to or determined by the sun.
- 20. the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.