Across
- 3. the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
- 4. the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry.
- 9. concerned with or engaged in commerce.
- 12. a building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine.
- 13. the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.
- 15. factors A factor in the abiotic environment which influences the growth and development of organisms of biological communities.
- 16. physical harm that impairs the value, usefulness, or normal function of something.
- 17. the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
- 20. all the inhabitants of a particular place. a community of animals, plants, or humans among whose members interbreeding occurs.
Down
- 1. the process of developing or being developed.
- 2. the upper layer of earth in which plants grow, a black or dark brown material typically consisting of a mixture of organic remains, clay, and rock particles.
- 5. the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area.
- 6. factors the study of how humans behave physically and psychologically in relation to particular environments, products, or services.
- 7. a colourless, transparent, odourless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.
- 8. a solid, naturally occurring inorganic substance.
- 10. a surface of which one end or side is at a higher level than another; a rising or falling surface.
- 11. wealth in the form of money or other assets owned by a person or organization or available for a purpose such as starting a company or investing.
- 14. the action of building something, typically a large structure.
- 18. a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
- 19. the process or industry of obtaining coal or other minerals from a mine.
