Across
- 3. Options you make every day that determine your future.
- 5. Gas needed by aquatic life; safe range is above 5 mg/L.
- 6. Personal limits you set to protect yourself from distractions or negativity.
- 10. When fertilizer, pesticides, or soil wash into waterways after rain.
- 13. Process of cleaning water by running it through layers of gravel, sand, and carbon.
- 14. Term for water that is safe to drink.
- 15. Cloudiness of water caused by sediment or algae.
- 16. Organisms like mayflies that show if water is healthy or polluted.
Down
- 1. Taking ownership for your actions and choices.
- 2. Scale from 0–14 that measures acidity or basicity of water.
- 4. Recognizing what you can and cannot change in a situation.
- 7. Nutrient that causes algae blooms if levels exceed 40 ppm.
- 8. The outcomes, good or bad, that follow from your behavior.
- 9. Toxic chemical waste produced by fish and uneaten food.
- 11. Adding oxygen to water with pumps, fountains, or stirring.
- 12. U.S. agency responsible for protecting water quality and limiting pollution.