Environmental Systems

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Across
  1. 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.
  2. 6. The environmental impact of ______ includes the increased consumption of non-renewable resources.
  3. 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
  4. 11. Variety of organisms in an ecosystem or biome
  5. 15. Those that can be naturally replaced over time (e.g., sunlight, wind, forests).
  6. 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 ____.
  7. 18. involves both the place where an organism lives and the roles that an organism has in its habitat.
  8. 19. Those that are finite and cannot be quickly replaced (e.g., fossil fuels, minerals).
  9. 20. The transfer of energy through matter by colliding particles (direct contact) is called ____.
  10. 21. Global warming leads to rising sea levels, volatile weather patterns and could cause significant
Down
  1. 1. Beneficial relationships between organisms
  2. 3. Examples of _____ resources are forests, animals, birds, fish, and marine organisms
  3. 4. The ______ encompasses all of Earth's water in the form of oceans, rivers, lakes, glaciers, groundwater, and atmospheric water vapor.
  4. 5. The process of energy changing from one form to another is called?
  5. 7. All of Earth’s air; divided into troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and ionosphere. Is defined as what?
  6. 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
  7. 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.
  8. 12. All of Earth’s life forms as distributed in biomes, such as tundra, boreal forest, is called?
  9. 13. is defined as "The core, mantle, and crust of the Earth"
  10. 14. Tool used to identify species of organisms using opposing observable characteristics:
  11. 16. defined as A major ecological community (large region of land) with a distinct climate and specific plants and animals.