The World Around Us

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Across
  1. 2. Old stories passed along by word of mouth.
  2. 4. Forests provide these for animals.
  3. 5. Something that is strong and doesn’t break easily.
  4. 8. The natural surroundings where we find land, water, and plants.
  5. 9. Less than one-third of Earth's surface.
  6. 10. Type of myth that explains something in nature.
  7. 11. Ocean plants make this for us to breathe.
  8. 12. These help keep the air clean and make oxygen.
  9. 16. A natural resource that is limited and cannot be replaced.
  10. 17. We get oxygen from these and they are a natural resource.
  11. 18. A renewable resource needed to grow food on land.
Down
  1. 1. The base or the bottom part of something that holds it up.
  2. 2. Something that is very, very big.
  3. 3. Covers more than two-thirds of Earth's surface.
  4. 6. To keep land watered so more plants can grow.
  5. 7. To talk in a very general way, not focusing on the small details.
  6. 13. A natural resource that can be replaced.
  7. 14. Small, hard pieces that cover the skin of fish and reptiles like lizards and snakes.
  8. 15. Type of water found in rivers, lakes, and streams.