Threats to wildlife

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Across
  1. 3. Birds, fish, turtles and other animals may mistake a piece of this for food, blocking their digestive system. It is found on water.
  2. 4. Kill producers.
  3. 6. Kill insects.
  4. 7. Killing specific animals. Some tribes and people living in isolated areas depend on it.
  5. 10. Increases the acidity of the soil and damages leaves.
  6. 11. Can affect the land, air or water.
  7. 13. Disrupts the balance of the ecosystem by ___________ a new _______.
  8. 15. The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
Down
  1. 1. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
  2. 2. Removing one species from a habitat, or decreasing its numbers
  3. 5. A chemical or natural substance added to soil or land to increase its fertility. causes eutrophication.
  4. 8. Contains mineral ions such as nitrate and phosphate which cause eutrophication.
  5. 9. The native fauna (and sometimes flora) of a region.
  6. 12. A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.
  7. 14. A long-term change in the average weather patterns which affects local conditions.