Geography Yr 10

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Across
  1. 3. The loss of productivity and decline in fertility of land-based environments as a result of
  2. 5. region defined by
  3. 8. ________pollutant which includes heavy metals, oils, pesticides, industrial chemicals and salt.
  4. 11. recycling of water between the sea, land and
  5. 12. non-living components
  6. 14. ___________pollutants include particles of soil eroded from the landscape and washed into the
  7. 18. For some, this is a deep
  8. 20. our waste.
  9. 21. that don’t produce consumable resources.
  10. 23. a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater.
  11. 24. and any litter such as plastic bags, cigarette butts, shopping trolleys and tyres.
  12. 25. matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid
  13. 28. the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level.
  14. 31. are those natural products that can be used or converted by humans for our use.
  15. 32. to the land formed over many generations.
  16. 33. a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation.
Down
  1. 1. by evaporation, condensation and precipitation
  2. 2. electricity made by generators that are pushed by movement of water.
  3. 4. a barrier constructed to hold back water and raise its level, forming a reservoir used to generate electricity or as a water supply.
  4. 6. series of processes by which carbon compounds are interconverted in the environment
  5. 7. variety of living organisms on the planet.
  6. 9. refers to the loss of fertility of the soil\
  7. 10. those processes in the natural environment that
  8. 13. a particular philosophy of life or conception of the world.
  9. 15. change a change in global or regional climate patterns
  10. 16. that share similar climates and types of vegetation; there are eight of these
  11. 17. activities is referred to as
  12. 19. describe groups of organisms found in an area they are not native to
  13. 22. ycle whereby atmospheric oxygen is converted to carbon dioxide in animal respiration and regenerated by green plants in photosynthesis.
  14. 26. he supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels.
  15. 27. living organisms within a community and the non-living components of the environment in which they live.
  16. 29. things that are done for us by the natural
  17. 30. __________pollutants which include bacteria, parasites and invasive plants and animals.