Vocabulary test: The environment

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Across
  1. 3. General weather conditions usually found in a particular place.
  2. 5. bad-smelling gases or smoke in the air.
  3. 9. The boat accidentally caused an oil _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the ocean, spreading harmful chemicals across the water and threatening the local marine life and ecosystem..
  4. 12. The cutting down of trees in a large area.
  5. 13. Is intended to be thrown away after use.
  6. 15. The planet we live on.
  7. 17. A living thing that grows in the ground, has leaves, and makes its own food from sunlight. Examples are trees, flowers, and grass.
  8. 18. Something that you don’t use anymore and throw away.
  9. 19. The ozone _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ helps protect us from the sun's harmful rays.
Down
  1. 1. To collect and treat rubbish to produce useful materials which can be used again Biodiversity The variety of different plants, animals, and other living things in a particular area
  2. 2. The process when the soil becomes dry and can't grow plants anymore.
  3. 4. is a big fire that spreads quickly, usually in forests or grasslands, and can be very hard to stop
  4. 6. the process when something changes from a solid to a liquid because it gets warm.
  5. 7. Something that can be broken down by natural processes
  6. 8. protect or take care of something that is in danger.
  7. 10. a building or place where things are made, usually in large quantities, using machines and workers.
  8. 11. all the natural things around us, like the air, land, water, plants, and animals.
  9. 14. Damage caused to water, air or soil by harmful substances or waste
  10. 16. The quantity of water coming from the sky