ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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Across
  1. 2. – Process of removing salt from seawater.
  2. 3. – Advocacy for protecting the natural environment.
  3. 5. – A possible answer to a scientific question.
  4. 7. – Excessive growth of algae and aquatic plants.
  5. 8. – The study of people, culture, and society.
  6. 9. – Study of the geographic distribution of organisms.
  7. 11. – The second most abundant element in living organisms by mass.
  8. 14. – Element found in nucleic acids, ATP, and phospholipids.
  9. 16. – A systematic way of gaining knowledge through observation and testing.
  10. 20. – Includes all living organisms and nonliving components in an area.
  11. 24. – Living organisms found in an environment.
  12. 25. – The ability to do work or transfer heat.
  13. 28. – Freshwater stored beneath Earth's surface.
  14. 29. – Flow of freshwater across land.
  15. 30. – Studies factors affecting population size and composition.
Down
  1. 1. – Founder of modern ecology.
  2. 4. – The branch of science that studies the natural world.
  3. 6. – Study of energy.
  4. 10. – Process that converts carbon dioxide into organic carbon.
  5. 12. – Nonliving factors such as water, light, and temperature.
  6. 13. – Study of the interactions between organisms and their environment.
  7. 15. – A systematic body of knowledge based on observation and experimentation.
  8. 17. – Using the senses to gather information.
  9. 18. – Place where materials are stored.
  10. 19. – All populations of different species living together.
  11. 21. – A well-supported explanation of why things happen.
  12. 22. – One of the central characteristics of the scientific method.
  13. 23. – Common name for harmful algal blooms.
  14. 26. – Natural pathway by which essential elements circulate.
  15. 27. – The solid outer layer of Earth.