Sustainable Biomes Key Terms - Dulanga Kariyawasam

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Across
  1. 3. a community of interacting organisms their physical environment
  2. 5. Cycle that involves the continuous circulation of water on, above and below the surface of Earth
  3. 7. (of foods or farming methods) produced without the use of chemical fertilisers, pesticides or other artificial chemicals
  4. 10. a line on a map to indicate areas having the same atmospheric pressure
  5. 14. sunlight, radiation emitted by the sun
  6. 17. ploughed but left for a period without being sown (plant seeds) in order to restore its fertility and to allow land to recover
  7. 18. movement of nutrients from one location to another
  8. 21. farming of aquatic organisms
  9. 24. lack of change in a system as inputs and outputs remain in balance
  10. 25. the accumulation of salt in land and water to a level that damages the natural and built environment
  11. 26. taking land illegally or underhandedly
  12. 27. a natural community or habitat of flora or fauna that share common characteristics
  13. 28. business related to farming and farming-related commercial activities
Down
  1. 1. practice of growing a series of different types of crops in the same area across a sequence of growing seasons.
  2. 2. unit for measuring atmospheric pressure
  3. 4. foods derived from organisms whose DNA has been modified in a way that does not occur naturally
  4. 6. the supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels
  5. 8. the weather conditions prevailing in an area over a long period or in general
  6. 9. great increase in production of food grains (especially wheat and rice) due to the introduction of better management strategies, use of pesticides etc, beginning in the mid-20th century (1950s)
  7. 11. variety of all life forms on earth
  8. 12. when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet dietary needs for productive and healthy life.
  9. 13. the cultivation of a single crop in a given area
  10. 14. the ability to maintain one’s need at a certain rate or level without depleting over time
  11. 15. an agricultural practice that suggests rearranging farmlands or turning hills into farmlands by constructing specific ridged platforms (terraces)
  12. 16. liquid favouring base for soups and sauces
  13. 19. (of a disease or condition) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area
  14. 20. measure of how much light is reflected back from a body, typically that of a planet or the moon
  15. 22. the distance north or south of the equator
  16. 23. Parts of Earth where life exists