Across
- 1. Form the transition zone between dry land and rivers, lakes, or bays.
- 5. How acidic or basic the water is.
- 6. An area where the oxygen level is less than acceptable to support life.
- 8. How much salt is in the water.
- 11. Any natural source that is recycled or replaced constantly by nature like sunlight, water, air, crops
- 12. Formed in Earth’s crust over millions of years.
- 13. Taking more from the Earth than can be replenished.
- 14. An area of land where all of the water that is under it or drains off of it goes into the same place.
- 17. How warm or cool the water is.
- 18. The responsible use and protection of the natural environment through conservation and sustainable practices to enhance ecosystem resilience and human well-being.
- 19. Any substance that contaminates the environment.
- 20. Doing things to help the environment maintain stability like changing our farming and fishing practices.
Down
- 2. The cloudiness of water.
- 3. Natural resources that are used more quickly than they can be replaced naturally like plastics, paint, gas, copper, aluminum, and diamonds.
- 4. The largest estuary in the United States. Filled with 18 trillion gallons of water.
- 7. Parts of the environment that are useful or necessary for the survival of living organisms.
- 9. Measures the temperature of the water.
- 10. Important to decrease consumption of natural resources.
- 15. Natural habitat being rendered not suitable or unable to support species.
- 16. How much oxygen is in the water.
- 18. A place where fresh and saltwater mix together.