Environment vocabulary for exam

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Across
  1. 1. Large marsupial
  2. 5. is the introduction of harmful materials into the environment.
  3. 7. tourism is a form of tourism that involves tens of thousands of people going to the same resort often at the same time of year.
  4. 8. may become extinct because of changes in climate (i.e. the ice age), competition with other species, a reduced food supply
  5. 12. is the process of collecting and processing materials that would otherwise be thrown away as trash and turning them into new products.
  6. 14. surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
  7. 15. non-governmental organization (NGO) is a non-profit group that functions independently of any government.
  8. 16. -
  9. 17. put a plan into action
  10. 19. is a term used to describe the enormous variety of life on Earth. It can be used more specifically to refer to all of the species in one region or ecosystem.
Down
  1. 2. describes a situation where the use of a natural resource has exceeded the sustainable capacity of a system
  2. 3. EXTINCT –
  3. 4. Likes to chase mice
  4. 6. Flying mammal
  5. 9. Has a trunk
  6. 10. Man's best friend
  7. 11. based
  8. 13. essentially means that some decision that is made is done in a way that takes scientific methods and/or results into account
  9. 18. is catching too many fish at once, so the breeding population becomes too depleted to recover.