Environment and Society

3. Two Words- The number of deaths per 1,000 of a population each year.
4. The use of tools and skills to make life easier.
5. A long period of extreme dryness and water shortages.
6. Small bodies of water rising up quickly and swallow up the land around them.
8. Violently rotating column of air from within a thundercloud.
10. Things people use- crops, minerals, animals, or plants.
11. Two Words- A slow warming of the earth caused by the burning of fossil fuels.
15. Two Words- Stop creating so many toxic wastes.
17. Two Words- The buildup of gas increasing global temperatures.
18. The loss or destruction of trees.
19. The creation of products.

1. The rate of cooling as a result of wind or air movement.
2. Two Words- Naturally occurring elements or substances that are found on Earth.
7. Harmful substances found in the environment.
9. Two Words- The change in climate due to elevation.
12. A shaking and trembling of the earth.
13. Two Words- Solid, liquid, or gas wastes that are poisonous.
14. The number of births per 1,000 of a population each year.
16. The result of the buildup and discharge of electricity between the ground and a cloud.
20. Flowing bodies of water such as rivers, streams, and creeks overflow their banks, usually result of heavy rainfall.