Across
- 2. a species which has been categorized as very likely to become extinct
- 4. materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain
- 5. the maximum population that an environment can support.
- 7. The variety of species found in a given area
- 10. A practice that can be continued forever without depleting a resource and causing ecological harm.
- 12. The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism
- 13. Something that has harmful or poisonous effects to the environment
Down
- 1. Refers to a reduction in the pH of the ocean over an extended period of time, caused primarily by uptake of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
- 3. Area of interaction between biotic and abiotic factors
- 6. resource or environmental condition which limits the growth, distribution or abundance of an organism or population within an ecosystem
- 8. Preservation, protection, or restoration of the natural environment, natural ecosystems, vegetation, and wildlife
- 9. the removal of trees where the land is converted to something for human economic benefit
- 11. The global climate is warming at a faster rate due to increased greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, and decomposition of increased waste