Across
- 3. Avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance.
- 4. The average weather conditions for a particular location over a long period of time.
- 6. The study of human interaction with the natural world over time.
- 7. The description of the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area.
- 8. The deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources.
- 10. The set of challenges and problems facing Earth and its natural systems.
- 13. In an ecological sense, the set of interactions between the elements of the biosphere.
- 15. Long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns.
Down
- 1. The recording of the physical features of the earth, and of human activity as it affects these.
- 2. Identifying the relationships between causes and effects.
- 5. The study of relationships between living organisms and their physical environment.
- 9. The balance of living and nonliving things that keeps the ecosystem in homeostasis.
- 11. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
- 12. The complex of physical, chemical, and biotic elements that exist in nature.
- 14. A science that deals with the history of the earth and its life especially as recorded in rocks.
