People and the environment

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Across
  1. 6. an area of vegetation where the main plant type is grasses; known as a ‘savannah’ in Africa, ‘prairie’ in North America and ‘steppe’ in Europe
  2. 7. an assessment of what a place is like to live in, using particular criteria, for example, environmental quality, crime and safety, education and health provision, access to shops and services, recreational facilities and cultural activities
  3. 10. a large landmass on Earth ― Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Europe, north America and South America
  4. 12. a half of a sphere; northern hemisphere is everything north of the Equator, southern hemisphere is everything south of the Equator
  5. 13. the customs, habits, beliefs, social organisation and ways of life that characterise different groups and communities
  6. 16. to move from one country, region or place to another and settle
  7. 18. a connection, link or interdependence between two or more things
  8. 22. the introduction of contaminants to the natural environment, including air, water and land pollution
  9. 24. a landscape or region of land that is very dry due to very low amounts of annual rainfall
  10. 25. the angular distance of a place north or south of the Equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes
  11. 26. an imaginary circle around the ‘middle’ of the world at latitude 0° that divides the hemispheres
Down
  1. 1. an unbroken, flat or rolling area of land across a large area
  2. 2. a region of land that has a severe lack of water, which hinders or prevents the growth of plant and animal life.
  3. 3. water droplets (in the form of rain, hail, sleet or snow) that fall back down to earth from the clouds when the atmosphere is unable to hold the condensed water
  4. 4. a visible appearance of an area, created by a combination of geological, geomorphological, biological and cultural layers that have evolved over time, and as perceived, portrayed and valued by people
  5. 5. the placement/location of objects, events, people, features etc.
  6. 8. the angular distance of a place east or west of the Prime Meridian, usually expressed in degrees and minutes
  7. 9. a piece of land that is connected to a main body of land, but bordered by water on three sides
  8. 11. a means to produce goods and services that satisfy needs and wants. The four economic resources (factors of production) are land, labour, capital and enterprise. Production usually requires a combination of resources
  9. 13. a group of people, which can be of any size, whose members share a common bond; this bond could be sharing a living locality, a cultural heritage, social or religious interests
  10. 14. relating to country areas or country life; opposite to urban (city)
  11. 15. height of the surface of the earth above sea level
  12. 17. the process where the surface of the Earth is worn away by the action of natural processes, e.g. water, rain, flood, wind, waves
  13. 19. an elevated area of the earth’s surface with a flat top, also known as a high plain or tableland
  14. 20. regions of earth that are close to the North Pole and South Pole
  15. 21. a long-term average (minimum 30 years) of weather conditions at a place.
  16. 23. individual surface features of the earth identified by their shape, for example, dunes, plateaus, canyons, beaches, plains, hills, rivers and valleys