Across
- 5. things from the earth we need or use to meet a need or improve our lives
- 8. heat energy directly from tapping into the earth
- 11. pollution that entered from a single source
- 12. materials consumed to produce energy types
- 14. water that is usable for human consumption and daily activities
- 15. the amount of work produced compared to the amount of energy useddone without waste of energy or time
- 16. law that says energy is neither made nor destroyed but only transformed
- 18. the loss of topsoil and the ability to sustain plant life turning what was once good land into a desert
- 19. environmental protection agency
- 20. pollution that entered the water from a wide spread area
- 22. energy from biologic matter such as alcohol in gasoline being made from corn
- 23. the ability to do work
Down
- 1. energy from breaking atomic bonds/splitting atoms
- 2. safe haven for wildlife
- 3. the removal of trees in a forest without replanting
- 4. made from the incomplete decomposition of plant material over centuries includes coal & oil
- 6. the number of organisms the environment can support
- 7. resources that can not be replenished in a lifetime such as from coal, petroleum
- 9. energy such as comes from the sun, water, and wind
- 10. natural resource mined for profit
- 13. ability to continue as present level
- 17. land that can support farming
- 21. US law protecting water sources from pollution
