Across
- 2. - Visiting natural sites like the Amazon, often to learn about the environment.
- 5. - Interconnected network of plants, animals, and their environment.
- 7. - Term for the wide variety of plant and animal species in an area.
- 8. - Livestock raised on cleared rainforest land, driving deforestation.
- 9. - Trees absorb this element, helping to reduce greenhouse gases.
- 11. This rainforest is often called "the lungs of the Earth."
- 12. - Expansion of cities, roads, and farms that threatens the rainforest.
- 13. - Fine soil carried by Amazon rivers that fertilizes the land.
- 14. - Country with the largest share of the Amazon rainforest.
- 15. - Dense, tropical forest with high rainfall.
- 17. - The natural home of a plant or animal, often destroyed by deforestation.
- 19. - Produced by trees and vital for human survival.
- 21. - Industry that cuts trees for wood, often illegally in the Amazon.
Down
- 1. - Type of practice that ensures resources are not permanently damaged.
- 3. - The original people living in the Amazon for thousands of years.
- 4. - The process of clearing forests for agriculture or development.
- 6. - A region's long-term weather patterns, essential for the rainforest.
- 8. - The uppermost layer of the rainforest, home to many animals.
- 9. - The act of preserving and protecting natural environments.
- 10. - A Brazilian state that covers much of the rainforest.
- 16. - Natural waterways that flow through the Amazon and support life.
- 18. - A key factor in the tropical ecosystem, usually heavy and frequent.
- 20. - One of the leading causes of land use change in the Amazon.