Human Impact Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. The illegal hunting of wild animals, often for their meat, horns, or other parts.
  2. 3. The act of making smart purchasing decisions that result in less waste and packaging
  3. 6. The growth of cities and towns, leading to increased land use and resource consumption
  4. 7. The warming of the Earth's surface due to the trapping of outgoing radiation by the atmosphere.
  5. 8. all the practical scientific knowledge that has been used to meet human needs
  6. 9. The process of converting waste materials into new products.
  7. 13. occurs when fish are caught at a rate faster than they can reproduce
  8. 14. The loss or degradation of natural habitats, often caused by human development
  9. 16. a kind of air pollution that results when certain pollutants react with sunlight
  10. 19. food or nourishment
  11. 22. The contamination of the environment with harmful substances, including air, water, and soil pollution
  12. 25. The clearing of forests for other purposes, such as agriculture, urbanization, or logging
  13. 26. the variety of life on Earth, encompassing all living organisms and their interactions with their environment
  14. 27. plants and animals that have migrated to places where they are not native
  15. 28. The maximum population size that an environment can sustain.
  16. 29. a serious decline or reduction
Down
  1. 1. Everything that surrounds a system
  2. 4. The total amount of greenhouse gases emitted by a person or activity.
  3. 5. Species that normally live and thrive in a particular ecosystem
  4. 10. The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.
  5. 11. A non-renewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms; examples include coal, oil, and natural gas.
  6. 12. A community of living organisms and their environment
  7. 13. When there are more organisms in an area than an ecosystem can support
  8. 15. The practice of farming, which can have significant impacts on land, water, and biodiversity
  9. 17. Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
  10. 18. limited; able to be used up
  11. 20. Long-term changes in global or regional climate patterns, primarily caused by human activities
  12. 21. describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals.
  13. 23. The increase in Earth's average surface temperature due to the greenhouse effect.
  14. 24. Energy from sources that are naturally replenished, such as solar, wind, and hydro power