Geography Ecosystems

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