Managing Resources Crossword

3. ___ farms that do not use fertilizers and pesticides are reducing the amount of chemicals that enter the water cycle.
4. One way to manage fossil fuels is to look at ___.
5. To help reduce water pollution, industries are ___ the amount of waste they produce.
7. You can help preserve forests by decreasing the amount of ___ you eat because eating less means fewer trees cut down for farms.
12. Managing resources is done through federal, state, and local laws and ___.
14. Federal, state, and local governments are providing legal protections for ancient forests and regulating the ___ industry to help preserve forest land.
16. To help reduce water pollution, industries are working on creating products that are ___.
18. Another way we can manage our use of fossil fuels is to conserve ___.
19. As ___ increases, so does the demand for natural resources.

1. Healthy ___ are vital for reducing climate change and providing ecosystems for plants and animals.
2. Fossil fuels are ___ and cause pollution.
6. Forests also help prevent ___ and conserve water.
7. We can reduce our use of fossil fuels by walking or ___ when possible.
8. Water management has to do with treating water that we have used so that it can be returned to the ___ ___.
9. By ___ and reusing items we use every day, we are reducing the waste we put into landfills and aren't having to use more of our natural resources.
10. The less electricity we use, the less ___ we need.
11. Only about 1% of Earth's ___ is available for us to use.
13. Even renewable resources are not ___.
15. Finding efficient ways to use renewable energy sources, such as solar power, wind energy, and ___ will reduce our use of fossil fuels.
17. To help reduce water pollution, industries are now properly ___ of waste from factories.