ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE CROSSWORD

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Across
  1. 5. – The place or type of place where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives or grows
  2. 6. – A form of oxygen that is found in a layer high in the earth’s atmosphere
  3. 8. – A geographical area within which the air frequently is confined or channeled, with all parts of the area thus being subject to similar conditions of air pollution
  4. 10. prevention – Any practice that reduces, eliminates, or prevents pollution at its source
  5. 11. – An environment that has all the things that a particular plant or animal needs in order to live
  6. 13. Everything that exists in a particular environment
  7. 14. vehicle – A vehicle which uses two or more distinct types of power
  8. 15. – The part of the Earth in which life can exist, whether on land, in the air, or in water
  9. 17. – The protection of animals, plants, and natural resources
  10. 18. species – A plant or animal species generally perceived as likely, in the near future, to become endangered within all or much of its range
Down
  1. 1. source – A source of pollution that issues from widely distributed or pervasive environmental elements
  2. 2. – The number of organisms of the same species that live in a particular geographic area at the same time, with the capability of interbreeding
  3. 3. – The area of land that includes a particular river or lake and all the rivers, streams, etc., that flow into it
  4. 4. – The organisms that interact with one another in a similar location.
  5. 7. – An industrial or commercial site that is idle or underused because of real or perceived environmental pollution.
  6. 9. cell – A device that produces a continuous electric current directly from the oxidation of a fuel, as that of hydrogen by oxygen
  7. 12. – The relationship between two different kinds of living things that live together and depend on each other
  8. 16. species – A species at risk of extinction because of human activity, changes in climate, changes in predator-prey ratios, etc.
  9. 19. – The state or situation that results when something (such as a plant or animal species) has died out completely