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