Africa: Environmental Issues

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Across
  1. 2. using up the supply or resources o
  2. 4. density The number of individuals in an area of a specific size
  3. 6. of deforestation Conversion of forests to agricultural land to feed people and cattle, logging, poor soil
  4. 8. A sector that produces goods and services within an economy
  5. 12. the cutting down of trees for commercial (business) purposes
  6. 13. water Water this is safe to drink or use
  7. 14. farm animals
  8. 15. of water drinking, cooking, hygiene, cleaning, and industry
  9. 17. pollution Trash or chemicals that are thrown in water from human activities
  10. 19. Africa geographically, the area of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara Desert
  11. 20. Access To Water While Northern Africa has 92% safe water coverage, Sub-Saharan Africa remains at a low 60% of coverage- leaving 40% of the 783 million people in that region with out access to clean drinking water. Some of these differences in clean water availability can be attributed to Africa's extreme climates.
  12. 23. Things done to promote cleanliness and good health
  13. 24. Farming Occurs when farmers grow food and crops to feed themselves and their families
  14. 25. cutting down trees
  15. 26. System of bringing water from rivers to fields to water crops
  16. 27. water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground
Down
  1. 1. The process of livestock feeding too much on grasslands (either too many animals or not enough time between eating/grazing)
  2. 3. causes poor farming practices, deforestation overgrazing, deforestation, erosion, depletion of surface and ground water, drought
  3. 4. Chemicals that kill pests that destroy crops
  4. 5. completely surrounded by land with no direct access to the ocean
  5. 7. Limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited wants. Not enough resources for everyone.
  6. 9. distribution how population is spread out in an area describes where people live and why based on location, climate and natural resources
  7. 10. of water pollution wastes produced by agriculture, household use, industry and manufacturing, oil spills, human waste, storm water runoff, and mining.
  8. 11. farming
  9. 16. and burn A form of agriculture in which areas are cleared by cutting and burning
  10. 18. a long period without rain
  11. 21. 4 environmental Issues we have studied in Africa Deforestation, Desertification, Water Pollution, Unequal distribution of water
  12. 22. Process of how a desert expands