Across
- 1. Often caused by land clearing and overgrazing
- 3. Commonly from farms, roads, mining, and landfills
- 6. Coastal, alpine, and woodland are examples
- 9. Essential for life; can carry respiratory risks if polluted
- 10. Water with a pH less than 4.8 is considered this
- 12. Ecosystem affected by water quality issues
- 13. App used in biodiversity fieldwork
- 16. Soil biota are essential for this organic process
- 18. The loss of this contributes greatly to species extinction
- 19. Dark, nutrient-rich soil component
- 20. Large vegetation growth often indicates high levels of this in soil
- 21. Variety of life and its interactions in nature
- 25. Aquatic life depends on this to survive
- 26. Upper layer of forests contributing to biodiversity
- 27. Excessive amounts can trigger harmful algal blooms
- 28. Refers to animal species in an ecosystem
Down
- 2. One of the air pollutants monitored by the EPA
- 3. Indicates how acidic or basic a water sample is
- 4. Measure of how clear water is
- 5. A critically endangered Victorian possum
- 7. High levels of this in soil harm plant life
- 8. Plants absorb carbon dioxide through this process
- 9. Overgrowth of this can reduce water quality
- 11. Water with low turbidity has high what?
- 14. Radiation absorbed by Earth’s atmosphere to protect life
- 15. All ecosystems together make up this global system
- 17. test, Measures how salty soil has become
- 22. This process can carry pollutants into water systems
- 23. Clearing land contributes to erosion and salinity
- 24. Carbon monoxide and sulphur dioxide are examples