Across
- 2. Process caused by excess nutrients leading to algal blooms
- 3. Organism’s functional role in an ecosystem
- 8. Soil degradation due to salt buildup
- 10. Removal of large areas of forest
- 12. Type of species with a disproportionately large effect on its ecosystem
- 14. Increase in toxin concentration up a food chain
- 15. Relating to feeding levels in a food web
- 16. Species that spreads rapidly and disrupts ecosystems
- 17. Downward movement of water through soil
- 18. Type of pollution with a single, identifiable origin
Down
- 1. Orderly process of ecosystem development after disturbance
- 4. Type of cell that converts sunlight into electricity
- 5. Area of land where all water drains to a common point
- 6. Underground layer that stores groundwater
- 7. Molecule protecting Earth from UV radiation
- 9. Process or organism that does not require oxygen
- 11. Radioactive gas found in soil and rocks
- 13. Actions taken to reduce the severity of environmental problems
- 14. Large geographic area with similar climate and ecosystems