Across
- 3. the variety of plants and animals living in one area. The term can also mean the great variety of all living things on Earth.
- 4. to cut down all the trees in an area
- 5. an area that has been set aside for a specific purpose
- 6. travel for pleasure rather than business or necessity; also, the business of organizing such travel
- 8. a vegetation zone of mainly tall trees that remain green all year; also refers to the type of vegetation in this zone
- 10. the natural environment in which a plant or animal lives
- 11. a community of all the living things in an area and the environment in which they live
- 12. disagreement over how to use a particular area of land
- 13. a substance that provides nourishment, such as one of the elements in soil that make it fertile
- 14. removing or clearing away the trees from a forest.
- 15. the planting, growing, and harvesting of trees
- 17. the middle layer of a forest, consisting of shrubs and trees
- 18. the bottom layer or ground of the forest
- 21. the process by which carbon and oxygen cycle among plants, people and animals, and the environment
- 22. any action that relates to the making, buying, and selling of goods and services
- 23. natives of an area who have been conquered or dominated by others who came later
Down
- 1. a person who works to protect the natural world
- 2. a broadleaf evergreen forest found in wet and hot regions near the equator
- 5. the replanting of trees in a formerly forested area by people or by nature
- 7. using resources in ways that meet the needs of people today without hurting the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. This means finding ways to use land for farming or ranching.
- 9. a form of tourism that brings people to unique ecosystems while trying to avoid damage to these special places
- 16. found or living in an area that is not close to cities
- 19. the thick layer of overlapping tree branches that make up the top layer of a forest
- 20. the pattern of weather over a long period of time