Across
- 2. A community of living things and their environment
- 5. A habitat is the natural environment where plants and animals live and grow
- 6. Turning used materials into something new
- 8. Tiny pieces of plastic found in the environment
- 14. Using less to create less waste
- 15. Able to break down naturally over time
- 19. The variety of different plants and animals in one place
- 20. A large rounded object in space that orbits a star
- 21. The long-term average of weather conditions in a specific region
Down
- 1. When a type of plant or animal no longer exists
- 3. Taking care of and protecting natural resources
- 4. Using resources in a way that ensures they will be available for future generations, while also taking care of the environment
- 7. Everything in the natural world
- 9. Using something again instead of throwing it away
- 10. When harmful substances are added to the environment
- 11. that break down into rich soil for plants
- 12. Where plants and animals live, including all the things around them, both living and nonliving
- 13. Food scraps and natural
- 16. The planet we live on
- 17. A place where trash is buried in the ground
- 18. Animals living freely in nature