Environmental Systems

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Across
  1. 1. Organism that breaks down dead matter and recycles nutrients
  2. 3. Breaking down organic waste like food scraps into fertilizer
  3. 4. Responsible travel to natural areas that protect the environment
  4. 6. Reusing materials to make new products and reduce landfill waste
  5. 8. Cold conifer forest south of the tundra
  6. 10. Plants regrowing after a wildfire: secondary ___
  7. 13. Living components of an ecosystem
  8. 14. Biome with permafrost; very cold temperatures
  9. 15. Layer in the stratosphere that blocks UV rays
  10. 16. The biggest cause of species endangerment is ___ loss
  11. 17. S-shaped population growth curve type
Down
  1. 2. Warmer-than-normal Pacific Ocean phase of ENSO
  2. 5. Solar and wind energy are examples of this resource type
  3. 7. ___ capacity: maximum population the environment can support
  4. 9. Species introduced to an area that harms the ecosystem
  5. 11. Warm biome with grasses and scattered trees; seasonal rain
  6. 12. Non-living components of an ecosystem (e.g. water, rock, wind)