Environmental Change and management crossword

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