Environmental change and management Crossword

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  1. 3. warming An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)
  2. 4. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
  3. 6. part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere
  4. 7. the ability of natural environments to absorb wastes and pollution
  5. 9. supports life on earth without requing human action eg. decomposition
  6. 10. All the water on earth
  7. 12. the action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work.
  8. 14. the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
  9. 16. the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
  10. 18. the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  11. 19. Release of harmful materials into the environment
  12. 23. hazardous waste causing danger from chemicals and infectious organisms
  13. 24. perspectives or views held by individuals re global environment based on values and assumptions
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  1. 1. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
  2. 2. Humans are superior and the most important species on earth
  3. 5. Nature exists for all species on earth, not just humans, and humans are equal to other species
  4. 8. The environment's provision of raw materials and natural resources eg food
  5. 11. the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
  6. 13. Worldview holding that we can manage the earth for our benefit but that we have an ethical responsibility to be caring and responsible managers, or stewards, of the earth.
  7. 15. The cultural, recreational or psychological value of the environment for people
  8. 17. the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
  9. 20. Occurs when natural or human-induced processes decrease the future ability of land to support crops, livestock, or wild species.
  10. 21. meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
  11. 22. A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals.