Across
- 2. refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns
- 5. water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock.
- 7. the lake next to Montverde
- 8. Annual event on april 22 honoring achievements of the environmental movement
- 9. the purposeful clearing of forested land. Throughout history and into modern times
- 11. an extremely large wave caused by movement of the earth under the sea, often caused by an earthquake
- 12. (of a species, family, or other group of animals or plants) having no living members; no longer in existence.
Down
- 1. a layer of air high above the Earth, which contains a lot of ozone, and which prevents harmful ultraviolet light from the sun from reaching the Earth.
- 3. the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
- 4. the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects.
- 6. a form of hunting in which the hunter's explicit goal is to obtain the hunted animal's carcass or body part, such as the head or hide, as a trophy that represents the success of the hunt.
- 10. unwanted matter or material of any type, often that which is left after useful substances or parts have been removed