Rio Grande Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. An organism that decomposes (breaks down) organic materials
  2. 6. the water used to make things
  3. 8. this means wild life. This includes plant and animals living in one area
  4. 10. taking care of something, usually a forest or natural resources
  5. 11. The definition is Forest
  6. 13. water that is contaminated by human use
  7. 15. an organism that causes ecological or economic harm in a new environment where it is not native
  8. 16. A natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms
Down
  1. 1. Flora (plants) or fauna (animals) that naturally belongs and grows here.
  2. 2. living things things that can make their own food using air, light, soil, and water
  3. 3. The area that drains into a river or lake
  4. 5. Flora (plants) or fauna (animals) that naturally belongs and grows here
  5. 7. how much water used by someone
  6. 9. a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake
  7. 12. An animal that cannot produce its own food and must eat plants or other animals for energy.
  8. 14. A body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater