Across
- 2. very small living things which break down waste
- 5. being mixed in a liquid so it becomes part of the liquid
- 7. very strong or difficult to endure
- 11. a plant with soft leaves, it has no flowers
- 12. slow wearing / weathering of something by natural forces
- 15. the breakdown of rocks by wind, rain, snow, etc.
- 16. to put things into different groups
- 18. to harm / hurt something
- 20. digging in the ground to get minerals
- 23. a mixture of dead plants to give soil nutrients
- 25. managing forests (growing and cutting trees)
- 26. a mark left in the ground by a foot or shoe
Down
- 1. the study and understanding of the universe around us
- 3. a flat plant that grows on rocks and tree trunks
- 4. a soft, green plant that grows on stones in damp (wet) places
- 6. something that causes lots of damage (flood, tornado, typhoon, etc.)
- 8. to let out something that has been contained (like breathing out)
- 9. living things / a substance produced (made) by living things
- 10. mushrooms that live on dead or decaying things, they have no leaves or flowers
- 13. the top layer of earth in which plants grow
- 14. chemicals used to kill insects
- 17. the opposite of loose
- 19. make something less tight
- 21. a tunnel or hole in the ground that is made by an animal
- 22. to move something out of its usual surroundings
- 23. a kind of soil that is soft when it's wet but hard when it's dry
- 24. fine soil carried along by water