Geography Glossary Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. key concept in geography: the way things are arranged on the earth’s surface
  2. 4. removal of trees and other plant life from a forested area, either by cutting down or burning; usually carried out to clear the land for farming
  3. 6. non-living components of an environment, such as temperature, rainfall, humidity, wind speed and direction, sand, clay and rock
  4. 7. variety of living organisms (i.e. plants, animals, bacteria and fungi) found in an environment
  5. 8. complex community made up of living organisms that interact with each other and with their environment; an abbreviation for ‘ecological system’; made up of biotic and abiotic components
  6. 11. the process by which plants and other things make food. It is an endothermic (takes in heat) chemical process that uses sunlight to turn carbon dioxide into sugars that the cell can use as energy.
  7. 12. one of the four categories of ecosystem services (also known as cultural services); a sense of wellbeing and spiritual connection offered by the environment (e.g. aesthetic appreciation of certain landscapes
  8. 13. key concept in geography: a specific place on Earth and all the things, both animate and inanimate, that are there
  9. 14. one of the four categories of ecosystem services (also known as supporting services); processes that take place in the environment that support life (e.g. Seed dispersal and absorption of carbon dioxide by trees and oceans)
Down
  1. 1. aquatic organisms, fish, crustaceans, molluscs, plants are farmed
  2. 3. ability of human beings to access the things they need in order to live happy and healthy lives (e.g. Food, water, education, safety and security)
  3. 5. measure of the amount of salt present in the soil
  4. 8. wearing away of the Earth’s surface by wind, water or ice
  5. 9. the transformation of fertile land into relatively dry desert
  6. 10. one of the four categories of ecosystem services (also known as provisioning services); these are natural products that can be used or converted by humans for use (e.g. Wood from trees)
  7. 12. one of the four categories of ecosystem services (also known as regulating services); processes that take place in the natural environment that absorb waste (e.g. Microorganisms in the soil and water breakdown waste from humans and animals)