Environmental Science cross puzzle
Across
- 3. Essential element found in cysteine
- 5. SCIENCE Organized body of knowledge obtained through study and experimentation
- 6. Water stored beneath Earth's surface
- 8. Excessive algal growth caused by nutrient pollution
- 11. Study of weather and the atmosphere
- 16. All water found on Earth
- 17. ENVIRONMENT Everything that affects an organism during its lifetime
- 18. Study of species distribution
- 19. Founder of the Four Laws of Ecology
- 21. Part of Earth where life exists
- 22. Widely accepted explanation of natural phenomena
- 23. Movement of water through plants
- 25. Study of interactions between organisms and their environment
- 26. Corrosive rain caused by sulfur dioxide
- 27. Makes up about 78 percent of Earth's atmosphere
- 28. Biologically important inorganic form of phosphorus
- 29. Natural process of converting biodegradable waste into fertilizer
- 30. Conversion of nitrates into nitrogen gas
Down
- 1. Group of the same species living in one area
- 2. Measure of disorder in a system
- 4. Protective blanket of gases surrounding Earth
- 7. First step in the scientific method
- 9. Outer solid layer of Earth
- 10. Living and nonliving components interacting together
- 12. Process that converts carbon dioxide into organic carbon
- 13. A testable explanation for an observation
- 14. All organisms living in one area
- 15. Second most abundant element in living organisms
- 20. Process where liquid water becomes water vapor
- 24. Place where elements are stored in a cycle