Environmental Science
Across
- 2. Decomposed organic matter
- 4. a grassland often turned into farmland
- 5. Reusing
- 9. Not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources, and thereby supporting long-term ecological balance
- 12. species indicate some value in the environment such as climate change
- 15. A standing dead tree
- 16. succession the gradual change from one species to another as environmental conditions change
- 17. log A fallen tree that other trees will us the nutrients from and grow from it
- 18. Forest Government owned forest
Down
- 1. plant stage Small plants begin to poke out of the water
- 3. Forest forest that hasn't been touched by logging or natural disaster
- 6. the protective shell of many animals such as a scorpion
- 7. Low wet land often treeless and flooded
- 8. growth Forest has more standing dead trees and more bio-diverse ecosystem
- 9. plant stage Plant life begins to grow under the water such as algae and humus
- 10. the presence of a large number of different species
- 11. Capable of living or being lived in
- 13. stage small amounts of plants growing around the edge of pond or lake
- 14. Duck Most common duck in new Brunswick
- 15. Wet Spongy land often with certain types of trees, occasional flooding