Environmental Science Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. A combination of gasses that are responsible for increasing the global temperatures
  2. 7. The result of fertilizes and pesticides entering bodies of water
  3. 9. The result of atmospheric gasses trapping the sun's heat
  4. 12. A relationship in which one organism benefits, while the other is unaffected
  5. 13. Fungi such as mushrooms and yeast
  6. 17. An organism that only consumes meat
  7. 19. A relationship in which two organisms benefit each other
  8. 20. Refers to livng organisms
  9. 22. The process of removing trees
  10. 25. A disease-causing organism
  11. 26. A nonrenewable resource composed of decomposing plants and animals
  12. 27. An unnatural method of selecting genes
Down
  1. 1. Natural resources that can always be replenished
  2. 3. Organism that consumes both meat and plants
  3. 4. The ability to preserve resources
  4. 5. The maximum amount of organisms and environment can support before collapsing
  5. 6. An organism whose DNA has been altered
  6. 8. An organism that consumes only plants
  7. 10. An area that contains a variety of life forms all interacting with each other
  8. 11. Refers to aspects of nature that are not living, such as rocks, temperature, and water
  9. 14. Another word to describe plants and autotrophs
  10. 15. A relationship in which one organism benefits while the other is harmed
  11. 16. Resources that will eventually be depleted, such as coal, minerals & metals
  12. 18. A set of principles that govern behavior and decision making
  13. 21. A nonnative organism that threatens a habitat by taking resources from native organisms
  14. 23. A greenhouse gas that is contributing to global warming
  15. 24. A variety or different life forms