Across
- 3. meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
- 5. perspectives or views held by individuals re global environment based on values and assumptions
- 8. An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)
- 12. the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
- 13. the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
- 14. the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
- 15. part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere
Down
- 1. the action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work.
- 2. Release of harmful materials into the environment
- 4. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
- 6. All the water on earth
- 7. degradation Occurs when natural or human-induced processes decrease the future ability of land to support crops, livestock, or wild species.
- 9. the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
- 10. A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals.
- 11. the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle