Across
- 2. The illegal hunting of wild animals, often for their meat, horns, or other parts.
- 3. The act of making smart purchasing decisions that result in less waste and packaging
- 6. The growth of cities and towns, leading to increased land use and resource consumption
- 7. The warming of the Earth's surface due to the trapping of outgoing radiation by the atmosphere.
- 8. all the practical scientific knowledge that has been used to meet human needs
- 9. The process of converting waste materials into new products.
- 13. occurs when fish are caught at a rate faster than they can reproduce
- 14. The loss or degradation of natural habitats, often caused by human development
- 16. a kind of air pollution that results when certain pollutants react with sunlight
- 19. food or nourishment
- 22. The contamination of the environment with harmful substances, including air, water, and soil pollution
- 25. The clearing of forests for other purposes, such as agriculture, urbanization, or logging
- 26. the variety of life on Earth, encompassing all living organisms and their interactions with their environment
- 27. plants and animals that have migrated to places where they are not native
- 28. The maximum population size that an environment can sustain.
- 29. a serious decline or reduction
Down
- 1. Everything that surrounds a system
- 4. The total amount of greenhouse gases emitted by a person or activity.
- 5. Species that normally live and thrive in a particular ecosystem
- 10. The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.
- 11. A non-renewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms; examples include coal, oil, and natural gas.
- 12. A community of living organisms and their environment
- 13. When there are more organisms in an area than an ecosystem can support
- 15. The practice of farming, which can have significant impacts on land, water, and biodiversity
- 17. Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
- 18. limited; able to be used up
- 20. Long-term changes in global or regional climate patterns, primarily caused by human activities
- 21. describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals.
- 23. The increase in Earth's average surface temperature due to the greenhouse effect.
- 24. Energy from sources that are naturally replenished, such as solar, wind, and hydro power