Environmental Science Crossword - Ms Haire's class

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Across
  1. 2. The study of the environment and solutions to environmental problems.
  2. 4. Ability of things to get decomposed.
  3. 8. A living community of interacting life and its environment.
  4. 11. A release of oil into the environment polluting ecosystems.
  5. 12. The study of earth and rocks.
  6. 18. All the inhabitants of an area.
  7. 19. Production of something, like gas or radiation.
  8. 20. Having no living members; no longer in existence.
  9. 21. The weather conditions of an area over a long time.
  10. 22. An area of land that drains the streams and rain to an outflow place.
  11. 26. A process used by plants and other organisms to convert the sun’s energy to food (glucose).
  12. 27. The Sun’s warmth gets trapped in the Earth’s atmosphere.
  13. 30. The study of life.
  14. 32. Cutting down trees to make room for something besides forest.
  15. 35. A system of interacting life and its environment.
  16. 36. A species special place in the environment.
  17. 38. Seriously at risk for extinction.
  18. 39. Decaying organic stuff in a pile that you put on plants as fertilizer.
  19. 40. Material used to stop heat or sound from conducting to something else.
  20. 42. A poison from a plant or animal that causes disease.
  21. 43. The natural home of an animal or plant.
  22. 45. A substance in the environment that has a harmful effect.
  23. 46. Trash that is left lying in an open or public place.
  24. 47. Prevention of a wasteful use of a resource.
  25. 48. An act of taking care of a piece of outdoor land usually with plants.
  26. 50. A group of people living in the same place or with something bringing them together.
  27. 51. The Earth gradually getting hotter over time because of pollutants.
Down
  1. 1. To use an object again after original use.
  2. 3. A car that works with an electric motor, not with gas.
  3. 5. Part of the atmosphere of the Earth with life.
  4. 6. The measure of the impact of people’s activities on the environment.
  5. 7. An engine that does not produce any harmful gases into the environment.
  6. 9. Where does photosynthesis take place?
  7. 10. Mutually beneficial interaction between organisms.
  8. 13. When wind is used to make electricity.
  9. 14. A car that runs on gas and on electricity.
  10. 15. Act of protecting wild species and their natural habitats.
  11. 16. Science, Technology , Engineering, and Math.
  12. 17. To convert waste into usable material.
  13. 23. A layer in the Earth’s atmosphere that absorbs ultraviolet radiation.
  14. 24. The act of protecting the Earth’s natural resources.
  15. 25. A substance used to kill pests on plants.
  16. 28. Harmful levels of noise in the air.
  17. 29. A place to bury large amounts of trash.
  18. 30. Variety of life on Earth.
  19. 31. To lessen or lower an amount of waste.
  20. 33. A place where unwanted trash is dumped.
  21. 34. The weight of something living.
  22. 37. Replanting an area with trees.
  23. 41. This contributes to air pollution and the greenhouse effect.
  24. 44. A natural fuel made from past living organisms.
  25. 49. Fog combined with smoke or other pollution.