Virginia's Natural Resources Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. animals/plants losing their homes (caused by pollution, destroying homes, over hunting)
  2. 9. created by man (example: planting trees)(man-made)
  3. 11. too much water
  4. 12. adding harmful substances to the air, water, and land
  5. 13. cannot be replaced in a short period of time
  6. 16. water to the earth in the form of rain, snow, sleet, hail
  7. 17. animals/plants likely to become endangered/extinct
  8. 19. electrical power produced when water is captured at a dam or created by falling water
  9. 21. water that comes from the ground
  10. 22. the act of saving, protecting, or using resources wisely
  11. 25. water within the earth that supplies wells and springs
  12. 28. use a resource over and over again (example: make a pencil holder from a can)
  13. 31. something we need, want, and use (example: water, food)
  14. 32. a place where fresh water and salt water mix together
Down
  1. 1. having to do with plants/animals in the water
  2. 2. a plant/animal new to an area
  3. 4. of water
  4. 5. an area of land where all water (H20) under it or draining off of it goes into a common
  5. 6. taking more plants/animals than the population can withstand
  6. 7. material, such as stones and sand, deposited by water
  7. 8. caused by below average precipitation (not enough water)
  8. 10. animals/plants that are very close to becoming extinct/ only a few left
  9. 14. rocks
  10. 15. animals/plants that have died out/ no more species of that kind are on earth
  11. 18. another word for farmable; good (as in soil), fertile
  12. 20. animals, sun) It helps support life on earth
  13. 23. an example is to turn in plastic, glass, or cans to be used again
  14. 24. a human-made lake that stores water held back by a dam
  15. 26. able to be replaced in a short period of time
  16. 27. farming/raising (example: corn, pigs) Virginia’s largest industry
  17. 29. a naturally occurring substance, neither plant nor animal
  18. 30. comes from the earth (made by nature) (example: tree, soil, water,
  19. 31. use smaller amounts of a natural resource (example: take showers, not baths)