Glossary: Environment (definitions)

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Across
  1. 2. taking care of and protecting our flora and fauna
  2. 5. Meteorologythe long-term heating of the atmosphere resulting from the absorption of energy from the sun by certain gases in the atmosphere
  3. 6. an increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere, causing changes in climate
  4. 8. a region of a planet, such as Earth, Mars, or a moon, covered in ice at high latitudes
  5. 9. animals that are not tamed and living with humans
  6. 11. capable of decaying through the action of living organisms
  7. 12. implementing measures to avoid, minimize, restore, or compensate for the negative environmental impacts resulting from human activities
  8. 13. the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level
  9. 14. poison to get rid of plants
  10. 17. a change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards
  11. 18. to die out, disappear entirely from our planet
  12. 19. tamed creature either at your house or at a farm
Down
  1. 1. originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native
  2. 3. the thinning of the Earth's ozone layer in the stratosphere, mainly caused by man-made chemicals
  3. 4. being super duper dry, a long period of either dry weather or shortage of water
  4. 7. variety of plant and animal species in an environment
  5. 10. any substance used to enrich the soil
  6. 15. the artificial application of water to land to assist in the production of crops
  7. 16. all the plants or plant life of a place, taken as a whole