Make Everyday Earth Day!

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Across
  1. 2. Choosing a ____ over a car just once a day reduces the average person’s carbon emissions from transportation by 67%.
  2. 4. Planting a ____ provides food and oxygen and helps save energy, clean the air, and combat climate change.
  3. 5. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
  4. 8. Cooking more ____ meals is a great way to help the environment because it requires fewer resources to grow and supply than animal-based products.
  5. 10. These bodies of water cover approximately 71% of the Earth.
  6. 12. You can make this using your leftover food scraps, which is also a great way to reduce food waste.
  7. 14. A ____ market is a public place where farmers sell their food directly to consumers and typically consists of booths, tables, and stands.
  8. 16. Engaging in DIY projects like turning plastic bottles into planters is an example of a way to repurpose items, which is also called ______
  9. 17. ____ food is the product of a farming system that avoids using manufactured fertilizers, pesticides, growth regulators, and livestock feed additives.
  10. 18. ____ warming is a gradual, long-term increase in the average temperature of Earth’s atmosphere due to the greenhouse effect, where gases from various human activities trap heat from solar radiation.
Down
  1. 1. Follow the three “R”s to conserve natural resources and landfill space: Reduce, Reuse, and ____.
  2. 2. Buy these in rechargeable instead of disposable.
  3. 3. An ecological footprint is a ____ of the human impact on the environment.
  4. 6. ____ power is energy from the sun converted into thermal or electrical energy, which is better for the environment.
  5. 7. Starting your own ____ is a great way to save money, improve your diet, and spend time in nature.
  6. 9. A structure designed for the protection of plants and allows people to regulate climatic conditions, such as temperature and humidity.
  7. 11. ____ is the most important natural source of vitamin D.
  8. 13. ____ shops are fantastic places to buy sustainable home essentials, organic bulk food, and refill personal care and cleaning products.
  9. 15. Don’t forget to bring your ____ shopping bags when grocery shopping.