Living with the physical environment

12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
Across
  1. 1. organisms who absorb energy from the sun through photosynthesis
  2. 4. an extended area of beach material that sticks out into the sea, joined to the mainland at one end
  3. 7. living components of an ecosystem
  4. 11. herbivores
  5. 12. the top of a wave
  6. 16. the type of air pressure when air is rising
  7. 18. the variety of life in the world or particular habitat
  8. 20. a ridge of sand or shingle which joins two headlands
  9. 23. the type of air pressure when air is sinking
  10. 24. a sudden or violent movement within the Earth's crust, followed by aftershocks
  11. 25. an organism which breaks down dead tissue e.g. fungus
  12. 26. the removal of solid mineral resources from the earth
  13. 27. the most common wind direction for an area
  14. 28. the long-term change in the earth's climate due to increasing greenhouse gas emissions
Down
  1. 2. responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and sustains local people
  2. 3. the measure of distance north or south of the equator
  3. 5. plate boundary where to plates come together and the denser plate subducts
  4. 6. an area of low pressure with winds moving in a spiral around a calm central point
  5. 8. the down-slope movement of rock or soil due to gravity
  6. 9. a complex hierarchy of plants and animals that rely on each other for food
  7. 10. a long period of little or no rainfall
  8. 13. winds that carry air back to the equator
  9. 14. plate margin where two plates move apart and rising magma creates new land
  10. 15. plate margin where two plates slide past each other
  11. 17. the zig-zag movement of sediment along the coast
  12. 19. the cutting down of trees
  13. 21. the type of weather that results in rocks being disintegrated
  14. 22. the distance between two successive crests