Earth Resoucres
Across
- 3. A material from which a useful mineral or minerals can be mined at a profit
- 4. Grown only with natural fertilizers
- 5. A resource that is virtyally inexhaustible or that can be replenished over relatively short time spans
- 8. The introduction of harmful materials into our soil, air and/or water
- 11. Water pollution that comes from a known and specific location
- 13. The surroundings in which a person, animal or plant lives in
- 14. Harnessed by constructing a dam across the mouth of a bay or an estuary in coastal areas
- 15. Something in nature that helps support life or meets people's needs
- 17. To use again
- 20. Harnessed by tapping natural underground resources of steam and hot water
Down
- 1. Meant to be thrown away after one use
- 2. The power generated by falling water
- 6. Water pollution that does not have a specific point of origin
- 7. A soil like mixture made from rotting plants and animal matter
- 9. Rain or snow that is more acidic than normal
- 10. A resource that takes millions of years to form
- 12. General term for any hydrocarbon that maybe used as a fuel, including coal, oil and natural gas
- 16. The wise use of water, land, and other other resources to minimize waste or loss
- 18. To make new things from old things
- 19. To use less or make less waste