Across
- 2. the gradual warming of the air surrounding the Earth as a result of heat being trapped by pollution/broeikas effect
- 5. when there are too many people living in a particular place/overbevolking
- 6. the typical weather conditions in a particular area/klimaat
- 7. types/soorten
- 8. the air, water and land on Earth,which is affected by man's activities/omgeving,milieu
- 10. too much rain in a short period of time; causing damage to houses and land/overstromingen
- 15. a layer of gases in the sky that prevents harmful radiation from the sun from reaching the earth/ozone laag
- 16. the cutting or burning down of all the trees in an area/ontbossing
- 18. when a particular type of animal or plant stops existing/uitroeing
- 19. the natural home of a plant or animal/natuurlijke omgeving
Down
- 1. rain that contains harmful acid which can damage the environment and is caused by chemicals in the air, for example from cars and factories/zure regen
- 3. situation where people die because there isn't enough food/hongersnood, schaarste
- 4. a form of energy that comes from nuclear reactions, which in large amounts is very harmful to living things/straling
- 6. the amount of carbon dioxide a person or organisation produces by the things they do, used as an way of measuring the amount of harm they do to the environment/CO2 voetafdruk, klimaatimpact
- 7. dirty air that looks like a mixture of smoke and fog,caused by fog from cars and factories/smog
- 9. something that soon may no longer exist/met uitsterven bedreigd
- 11. dangerous, especially to people's health or safety/gevaarlijk,hachelijk,riskant
- 12. unwanted materials or substances that are left after you have used something/afvalproduct,verspilling
- 13. no rain for a long period of time; this often causes famine/droogte
- 14. the process of making air,water or soil dangerously dirty and not suitable for people to use/vervuiling
- 17. violent movement of the earth; buildings are often destroyed/aardbeving