Across
- 1. Preferred location of an organism because it has the correct water, temperature, minerals and sunlighT
- 4. The ongoing capacity of Earth to maintain all life
- 5. Change in global or regional climate patterns
- 7. Process of social and economic change that takes place as increasing numbers of people move from rural areas
- 10. Complex community made up of living organisms that interact with each other and with their environment
- 11. Any substance that is released into the environment that causes damage
- 13. Dying out and complete disappearance of a species (e.g. plant or animal)
- 14. A park that is protected by the environment
Down
- 2. Variety of living organisms (i.e. plants, animals, bacteria and fungi) found in an environment
- 3. Term used to describe the negative effects of invasive species (such as bacteria, parasites and invasive plants and animals) that do harm to an environment
- 6. The transformation of fertile land into relatively dry desert
- 8. Measure of the amount of salt present in the soil
- 9. Removal of trees and other plant life from a forested area, either by cutting down or burning; usually carried out to clear the land for farming
- 12. Wearing away of the Earth’s surface by wind, water or ice