Across
- 2. Contamination of the earth
- 3. rain that contains harmful chemicals that collect in the atmosphere
- 8. chemicals or organic material added to soil so that plants grow better
- 9. the order in which organisms in an ecosystem eat one another
- 11. components refers to living organisms that have an impact on other organisms
- 13. a substance or material that damages the natural environment
- 17. no longer existing or lost forever (of an animal, bird or plant species)
- 18. to use more than necessary, or to use inefficiently
- 20. Destroyed by CFCs
- 22. Excessive amount of noise
- 24. natural features of a tract of land
- 25. Loss of trees and no longer used as forests
- 28. Produced by or using the sun's light or heat
- 30. organic community ecosystem
- 33. a process by which plants use sunlight,water and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar
Down
- 1. An increase in the earth's average atmospheric temperature that causes change in climate
- 4. to make something new from materials that have been used before
- 5. the planting of trees and plants to help a damaged or destroyed forest recover
- 6. tiny droplets of water that form on the cool surfaces at night ,when atmospheric vapor condenses
- 7. the place in which a species normally lives
- 10. Caused by oil spills and factory waste
- 12. the protection and preservation of natural environments and resources
- 14. natural home
- 15. can be used without running out, esp. of energy sources like solar and wind
- 16. nature personified
- 19. the complex system of relationships between living things and their environment
- 20. Depletion A reduction layer in the stratosphere
- 21. a poisonous substance that damages health or the environment
- 23. Americans produce more amount than any other nation
- 26. the brightest star in the solar system
- 27. to keep something in its original state
- 29. to put waste in the wrong place (eg. put toxic waste into a river)
- 31. Another word for poisonous
- 32. to put organic waste like vegetable peels,leaves etc into a large container that breaks it down into healthy soil
