Across
- 6. the removal or cutting down of large areas of trees
- 7. when one set of people treat another set of people as slaves
- 11. the special home of an organism
- 14. an angry protest against authority, often armed
- 16. the removal of the top soil from land
- 17. living organisms, including microorganisms, plants, animals and humans
- 18. an environment that has flat lands in which plants are mainly grass
- 20. the slow downward movement of a mass of rock
Down
- 1. relating to living in, growing in or taking place in water
- 2. organic matter that forms in soil when leaves litter
- 3. the ability to do work or to make things move
- 4. people who come after us, our children and grandchildren
- 5. all non-living things, ranging from landforms to chemicals to climate features
- 8. the most important line of latitude
- 9. the surroundings of all natural and man-made resources
- 10. the life process carried out by all organisms
- 12. anything relating to land
- 13. things we can use, most come from the environment
- 15. things we inherit from our ancestors
- 19. people we are descended from
- 21. small fragments of rocks and soil that are moved by erosion and deposition