Across
- 3. Small particles (grains of earth) that are carried by moving air or water.
- 6. To bring back to a healthy state or to restore to a good condition
- 7. Plants and animals that were not originally part of the native environment.
- 10. Animals kept for farming such as cattle and sheep
- 11. The layer of soil closest to the surface which is essential for plant growth.
- 12. Having too many animals eating pasture in the one place. This leads to exposed top soil and erosion.
- 13. The wearing away of a surface by moving water such as rain, streams, rivers, waves.
Down
- 1. A word describing all forms of water in the landscape, rivers, streams, creeks etc
- 2. The negative changes in the landscape, due to human actions, which reduce land fertility(the ability to grow plants) and value.
- 4. The natural process of wearing away of a surface by wind or moving water.
- 5. A form of soil erosion that forms a channel more than 30cm deep in the land surface.
- 8. Plants and animals that belong to the environment
- 9. Made dirty or impure.