The Environment
Across
- 4. the process of minimising waste by recovering materials and transforming them into new products
- 5. a community of plants, animals and other organisms living in an area which provides what they need in order to survive
- 7. an area designated to receive household garbage, solid waste and construction debris
- 8. fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas
- 10. destruction of forests to make land for agriculture
- 11. contamination of the air, water, or soil with substances that can cause harm to human health or the environment
- 12. the release or discharge into the air of pollutant substances such as gas or smoke
Down
- 1. the study of the relationship of living things (plants, animals and humans) with each other and with their environment
- 2. gases that trap the heat of the sun in the earth's atmosphere, producing the greenhouse effect
- 3. capable of being broken down or decomposed by natural biological processes
- 6. a gradual warming of the earth's surface temperature reportedly caused by the emission of gases that trap the sun's heat in the earth's atmosphere
- 9. protecting, maintaining or improving natural resources, to keep them safe from destruction or degradation and conserve them for future generations