Across
- 1. advancement in technology, such as machinery, medicine, chemicals
- 7. change from hunter gather lifestyle, domestication of plants and animals
- 10. all living and nonliving things and how they interact
- 14. comes from solid and liquid particles and certain gases in the air.
- 15. provides the necessities to allow an ecosystem to function
- 17. imaginary lines that measure how far North or South you are from the Equator
- 19. The part of earth where life is found.
- 20. take a long time to replenish or once they are used, they will be gone forever.
- 22. process of converting Nitrogen gas to solid
- 23. gas in the Earth's atmosphere that can trap heat from the Sun
- 24. places value on each and every organism, including humans
- 25. made of rocks, minerals, and soil
Down
- 2. when a shared "common" resources that is unregulated, people will consume it at a selfish rate
- 3. jobs done by the environment to control and maintain life.
- 4. Made of the gases surrounding the earth, Mostly Nitrogen & Oxygen
- 5. non-material benefits that people obtain from the ecosystem
- 6. naturally replenish themselves over time
- 8. Natural process that helps keep our planet warm
- 9. places the most value on humans and human well being
- 11. things people get directly from the ecosystem
- 12. Made of all the water that is on the Earth’s surface, underground and in the air.
- 13. places value on the ecosystem or community as a whole instead of individually.
- 16. long term pattern of weather in a area
- 18. the physical characteristics of land
- 21. Science study of ecology and how humans affect the environment and how to address environmental problems