Weather and the environment
Across
- 5. A container of water (6)
- 7. The part of a plant or tree that grows under the ground and gets water from the soil (4)
- 8. the Earth (10)
- 10. A measure of how hot or cold a place or thing is (11)
- 11. a light cloud low over the ground that makes it difficult for you to see very far (4)
- 13. Cold _ _ _ _ A period of unusually cold weather (4)
- 14. the natural home of a plant or animal (7)
- 16. A scientist who studies the way in which plants, animals and people are related to each other and to their environment (9)
- 17. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ energy. Energy that replaces itself naturally or is easily replaced because there is a large supply of it (9)
- 18. Weather _ _ _ _ A metal object fixed to the top of a building that blows around to show the direction the wind is coming from (4)
- 19. waste paper, cans etc. that people have thrown away and left on the ground in a public place (6)
Down
- 1. A layer of gases in the sky that prevents harmful radiation from the sun from reaching the Earth
- 2. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ gas. A gas, especially carbon dioxide or methane, that is thought to trap heat
- 3. A very small amount of rain that falls in a round shape: a rain _ _ _ _ (4)
- 4. someone who works hard doing practical things to achieve social or political change (8)
- 6. a liquid used to supply power to the engine of a car or other vehicles (6)
- 8. to continue without causing damage to the environment (11)
- 9. An area of countryside or land of a particular type, used especially when talking about its
- 12. A period of unusually hot weather, especially one that continues for a long time (8)
- 13. A small ball of frozen rain (5)
- 15. (9)