Across
- 5. tiny plastic particles that are increasingly polluting our planet
- 7. the action of clearing a wide area of trees
- 11. What had been catching on fire and brought more attention to climate change
- 13. A prolonged period of excessive heat, often combined with excessive humidity
- 17. A result of the Environmental protests
- 18. the production and discharge of gases into the atmosphere, especially from factories or machines
- 19. Energy transfer in the form of electromagnetic waves or particles that release energy when absorbed by an object
- 20. founded Zero Hour, a youth environmentalist group
Down
- 1. harmful substances or chemicals in the environment
- 2. The number of people who protested environmental destruction on 22 April 1970
- 3. the variability of species on our planet
- 4. major changes in temperature, precipitation, or wind patterns, among others, that occur over several decades or longer
- 6. To convert waste into reusable material
- 8. What the congress was on the first Earth Day because so many of the members were involved with the protests
- 9. energy derived from nontraditional sources
- 10. Senator who led the first Earth Day
- 12. the total amount of greenhouse gases that are generated by our actions
- 14. The state that held a dolphin themed Earth Day
- 15. made as an effect of the first Earth day
- 16. what an organization does when they market themselves as environmental but aren't