Unit 2 Vocabulary Human Impact and Natural Hazards

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Across
  1. 4. Average per person.
  2. 7. The place where an organism naturally lives and grows.
  3. 9. The temperature, wind, clouds and precipitation in the atmosphere.
  4. 12. A group of interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area.
  5. 13. Major geological event that occurs when plates shift suddenly and release stored energy; a frequent occurrence along all types of plate boundaries.
  6. 14. The sum of all living matter; made of limited number of elements, including oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus
  7. 15. The permanent disappearance of a species from Earth.
Down
  1. 1. Thing that humans do.
  2. 2. A prediction or estimate of future events, especially of weather.
  3. 3. Event in which molten rock spews out from the mantle to the surface of Earth as ash, lava, and gases; major geological event that occurs when a dense plate subducts below a less dense plate.
  4. 5. All of the living and nonliving factors in an area.
  5. 6. Events in nature that may have a negative effect.
  6. 8. The use of resources by specific populations (i.e. fuels, food, etc.)
  7. 10. Resources that exist in the environment without human intervention.
  8. 11. A group of organisms with similar characteristics that are able to interbreed or exchange genetic material.