Human-Environment Interaction Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. planting and cultivating of new trees
  2. 8. electricity produced by natural underground sources of steam
  3. 9. method of farming that involves cutting down trees and underbrush and bruning the area
  4. 10. raising of animals for food
  5. 11. precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids
  6. 13. changes in the factors used to measure the condition of the atmosphere over
  7. 16. land flooded with water permanently or seasonally
  8. 18. to give support to
  9. 20. materials or substances that occur in nature
  10. 24. complex community of living things and the physical environment
  11. 25. sudden and extreme even in a nature
  12. 27. act of protecting Earth's natural resources
  13. 30. haze caused by chemical fumes from pollution
  14. 31. forbid somebody from doing something through law or rule
  15. 32. resource that can't be replaced
  16. 33. growing large quantities of crops or livestock to sell for a profit
  17. 36. low lying area from which seawater has been drained to create a new land
  18. 37. set of things in order
  19. 38. the loss or destruction of forests
Down
  1. 1. wide variety of life on Earth
  2. 2. permanently frozen layer of soil beneath the surface of the ground
  3. 3. idea of creating conditions where all natural resources are available today and for future generations
  4. 4. located in the far northern regions of Earth
  5. 6. plants or animals that ride along with water currents
  6. 7. farming that only provides the basic needs of a family
  7. 12. process of collecting and moving water for use in agriculture
  8. 14. to withdraw
  9. 15. resources that can be replenished in a short period of time
  10. 17. energy created by splitting the nucleus of an atom
  11. 19. electricity that is created by water
  12. 21. rich soil made up of sand and mud deposited by running water
  13. 22. area turns into a desert
  14. 23. removal of salt from seawater to make it useable for drinking and farming
  15. 26. removal of all trees in a stand of timber
  16. 28. to regain
  17. 29. fuel resource formed in the Earth by plant and animal remains
  18. 30. change the place, position, or direction of
  19. 34. blocks out many of the most harmful rays from the sun
  20. 35. boundary where a higher, upland area drops to the lower land of a plain