Across
- 2. air
- 5. a synthetic material made from polymers
- 7. atmosphere, hydrosphere lithosphere biosphere
- 9. the breaking down of rock by weathering agents
- 11. pollution contamination of areas of land through the release of harmful substances
- 13. when organic substances are broken down into simpler organic matter
- 14. chain a series of organisms that eat each other
- 20. processes in the natural environment that absorb human waste
- 23. living
- 27. humans ae the most important species
- 28. water that sits on the surface of the lithosphere and rushes down a slope to the nearest collection point
- 29. water
- 30. we should minimise our impact on the environment
- 33. pollution contamination of the atmosphere through the release of harmful gases and small particles
- 37. process within living organisms involving the production of energy by inhaling the atmosphere and exhaling co2
- 39. when water seeps into the lithosphere
- 40. land
- 41. you think that you are the most important person
Down
- 1. and burn an agricultural practice that clears land by removing vegetation and then burning remaining debris
- 3. the practice of preserving something for the long-term
- 4. when algal blooms result from an over-concentration of phosphorus in a body of water
- 6. deep connection to the land formed over many generations
- 8. things produced by the environment that don't produce consumable resources
- 10. an area that has a certain climate and abiotic and biotic factors
- 12. the transition of carbon from an area of high concentration to low concentration
- 15. the loss or extraction of certain materials from a carrier into a liquid
- 16. carbon emissions resulting from the burning of fossil fuels for energy
- 17. pollution contamination of rivers, lakes, wetlands, estuaries, seas and oceans through the release of harmful substances
- 18. the process used by plants to create glucose using sunlight, co2 and water
- 19. the process by which the erth's surface slowly rises either due to increasing upward pressure or decreasing downward force
- 21. natural products utilised for human usage
- 22. non-living
- 24. we must use the earth's resources in a sustainable way
- 25. living things
- 26. the movement of sediments from broken rocks
- 31. long term weather patterns
- 32. process of water moving through a plant and it's subsequent evaporation
- 34. when a solid turns into gas
- 35. element rich additives to soil that increase the productive capacity of farming
- 36. when snow melts causing runoff
- 38. web like a food chain but shows relationships between all organisms in the habitat