Ecology Activity 5

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Across
  1. 5. Terrestrial or aquatic spaces designated for the preservation of ecosystems and species.
  2. 7. existing in finite quantity; not capable of being replenished.
  3. 9. Soil degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas due to climatic factors and human activities such as overcrop, intensive grazing and deforestación
  4. 12. System of living beings that coexist in a same space.
  5. 13. The significant reduction or consumption of a quantity of something, especially a natural resource, to the point of near
  6. 16. The preservation and responsible management of natural environments to ensure their
  7. 19. Produce their own food and energy.
  8. 21. Living factors of an ecosystem.
  9. 23. A type of protected natural area that focuses on the conservation, research, recreation and environmental education
  10. 24. power derived from the utilization of physical or chemical resources, especially to provide light and heat or to work machines.
Down
  1. 1. use (something) in the wrong way or for the wrong purpose.
  2. 2. the act of using too much of something, especially a natural resource
  3. 3. a colourless, odourless, tasteless gas essential to living organisms.
  4. 4. physical substance in general, as distinct from mind and spirit; (in physics) that which occupies space and possesses rest mass, especially as distinct from energy.
  5. 6. capable of being renewed.
  6. 8. The variety of life in the world or in a particular ecosystem, plants, animals and other organisms that are living in an
  7. 10. The excessive use of a natural resource, exceeding its capacity for regeneration and leading to its depletion.
  8. 11. Cycles: the continuous movement of matter and energy through the atmosphere
  9. 14. Actions aimed at recovering degraded ecosystems, such as reforesting deforested areas and restoring wetlands to restore environmental balance.
  10. 15. A type of protected natural area that focuses on protect habitats of specific species or delicate ecosystems
  11. 17. Non living factors of an Decomposers: Break down dead organic
  12. 18. A chemical process that occurs in plants, algae, and some types of bacteria, when they are exposed to sunlight
  13. 20. resources: materials and energy sources found in nature that belong to a nation and are used for its public welfare.
  14. 22. A group of organisms that can reproduce with each other and produce fertile