Environmental Systems
Across
- 2. The _____ is the solid part of the Earth that includes the land, rocks, and minerals. It extends from the Earth's surface down to its core.
- 6. The environmental impact of ______ includes the increased consumption of non-renewable resources.
- 9. is defined as native (or indigenous) to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention
- 11. Variety of organisms in an ecosystem or biome
- 15. Those that can be naturally replaced over time (e.g., sunlight, wind, forests).
- 17. The transfer of thermal energy, in a liquid or gas, in which the warmer substance rises and the cooler substance sinks; forms a current is called ____.
- 18. involves both the place where an organism lives and the roles that an organism has in its habitat.
- 19. Those that are finite and cannot be quickly replaced (e.g., fossil fuels, minerals).
- 20. The transfer of energy through matter by colliding particles (direct contact) is called ____.
- 21. Global warming leads to rising sea levels, volatile weather patterns and could cause significant
Down
- 1. Beneficial relationships between organisms
- 3. Examples of _____ resources are forests, animals, birds, fish, and marine organisms
- 4. The ______ encompasses all of Earth's water in the form of oceans, rivers, lakes, glaciers, groundwater, and atmospheric water vapor.
- 5. The process of energy changing from one form to another is called?
- 7. All of Earth’s air; divided into troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and ionosphere. Is defined as what?
- 8. Examples of _____ factors include sunlight, water, air, humidity, pH, temperature, salinity, precipitation, altitude, type of soil, minerals, wind, dissolved oxygen, mineral nutrients present in the soil, air and water
- 10. the ability to maintain an ecological balance in our planet's natural environment and conserve natural resources to support the wellbeing of current and future generations.
- 12. All of Earth’s life forms as distributed in biomes, such as tundra, boreal forest, is called?
- 13. is defined as "The core, mantle, and crust of the Earth"
- 14. Tool used to identify species of organisms using opposing observable characteristics:
- 16. defined as A major ecological community (large region of land) with a distinct climate and specific plants and animals.