Human-Environment Systems Crossword Puzzle!

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Across
  1. 1. (The ground, plants, and animals around us are all part of the _______.)
  2. 4. (When people dig for coal or gold from the Earth. This changes the land.)
  3. 6. (When we look at maps to understand big problems about the Earth and people.)
  4. 9. (The way things happen over time in a place, like how a forest grows or a city expands.)
  5. 11. (When we look at a map to see how many people live in different areas, we are looking at their _______ distribution.)
  6. 13. (How people and nature affect each other, like when we cut down trees or plant new ones.)
  7. 15. (Big problems that happen when people are not careful with nature, like too much trash or dirty air.)
Down
  1. 2. (A special drawing that shows how people use the land, like where farms or schools are. It helps us see patterns.)
  2. 3. (A map that shows how someone feels about a place in their own mind.)
  3. 5. (The buildings, roads, and bridges that people have made in a place.)
  4. 7. (What we call a place when people have built or changed it, like a city or a farm.)
  5. 8. (When a forest is cut down to build houses, this is an example of the land _______.)
  6. 10. (When you feel like a place is your special home and you belong there.)
  7. 12. (When people build a dam on a river, they are changing the natural flow. This is one way humans and nature change each other.)
  8. 14. (The mountains and rivers that were there before people built anything are part of this.)