Across
- 2. A place where water is stored underground
- 6. The process by which fertile land becomes desert
- 11. An item attached to smokestacks to reduce atmospheric emissions
- 14. The range of conditions in which an organism can survive (2 words)
- 15. A disease caused from bacteria-infected drinking water
- 17. The process of bringing up nutrient rich water from the bottom of the ocean
- 18. The relative abundance of organisms in a given ecosystem
- 19. A measure of the cloudiness of water
Down
- 1. Precipitation that can alter the pH of the soil (2 words)
- 3. Species that are non-native to a region
- 4. A test used to determine the LD50 of a substance (2 words)
- 5. A measure of photosynthesis (2 words)
- 7. Nonrenewable energy sources derived from partially decayed organic matter (2 words)
- 8. The spinning of surface water in the ocean as determined by the coriolis effect
- 9. The layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer
- 10. A fuel type derived from the splitting of water molecules
- 12. A living component in an ecosystem
- 13. A more sustainable method of harvesting wood (2 words)
- 16. Plants that fix nitrogen into the soil
- 20. Fish or organisms caught accidentally during fishing
