Across
- 2. resources resources that are not replaced by nature or that form extremely slow
- 8. the destruction or loss of forest areas
- 10. fuels nonrenewable resources formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals
- 13. resources resources that are replaced by Earth's natural process
- 15. energy type of energy obtained from splitting atoms
- 16. power the productionof electricity by water power
- 17. a region's average weather conditions over a long period
Down
- 1. the place where a plant or animal lives
- 2. resources anything in nature that humans use or value
- 3. the place where two air masses of different temperatures or moisture content meet
- 4. differences in air and temperature create this
- 5. when something completely dies out or no longer exists
- 6. these winds shift direction with the seasons and create wet and dry periods
- 7. planting new trees in places where forests have been lost
- 9. gas the cleanest-burning fossil fuel
- 11. the source of energy for most living things
- 12. a dark liquid used to make fuels and other products
- 14. part of the soil that is made from dead plant and animal matter
