Threats to Biodiversity

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Across
  1. 1. Expanding cities reducing natural rural spaces.
  2. 4. Harmful chemicals, plastics, and waste.
  3. 6. Species at risk of extinction without immediate intervention.
  4. 7. Dividing habitats into smaller pieces.
  5. 13. Species that enter new environments and outcompete natives.
  6. 15. Shifting temperatures/weather affecting survival.
  7. 18. A gas such as methane or CO2, which traps infrared heat energy in the atmosphere.
  8. 19. Acronym for Habitat Loss, Invasive Species, Pollution, Climate Change, Overpopulation, Overharvesting.
Down
  1. 2. To use a product multiple times (like a cloth grocery bag).
  2. 3. Often cited as the #1 threat, including deforestation.
  3. 5. Removing too many of a species or resource including plants, overfishing, or overhunting
  4. 8. Species that are originally from a specific area and have evolved with that ecosystem and species.
  5. 9. Over 8 billion people need more resources that Earth might be able to provide.
  6. 10. To take products and use them to create new ones, such as plastic bottles.
  7. 11. Solar, Geothermal, Wind, Tidal, and Hydroelectric provide this type of energy because they don't easily run out.
  8. 12. The AVERAGE temperature of Earth's surface is rising.
  9. 14. Clearing forests.
  10. 16. Illegal hunting
  11. 17. To use LESS of any resource.