Earth Day
Across
- 3. Trash, such as paper, cans, and bottles, that is left lying in an open or public place.
- 4. make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.
- 9. contaminate (water, air, or a place) with harmful or poisonous substances.
- 11. no longer in existence.
- 13. a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants.
- 14. relating to or derived from living matter.
- 15. (of a contract, agreement, etc.) capable of being renewed.
Down
- 1. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
- 2. convert (waste) into reusable material.
- 5. Decayed organic material used as a plant fertilizer.
- 6. Relating to or determined by the sun.
- 7. 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).
- 8. The envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
- 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.
- 12. the production and discharge of something, especially gas or radiation.