THE ENVIRONMENT

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Across
  1. 4. To travel from home to work and back
  2. 7. 2 words. Dangerous substances that need careful disposal (eg. toxic or nuclear waste)
  3. 9. To make something new from materials that have been used before
  4. 13. 2 words. A measurement of the amount of carbon-dioxide a person adds to the atmosphere
  5. 14. To not allow something (eg. smoking, alcohol, plastic bags, protest marches, etc.)
  6. 17. 2 words. Animals or plants in danger of becoming extinct or disappearing in the near future
  7. 19. 2 words. The order in which organisms in an ecosystem eat one another
  8. 20. 2 words. A poor nation that's gradually becoming richer and more advanced
  9. 22. Phrasal verb. To use something until there's none left
  10. 23. Phrasal verb. When food spoils
  11. 24. To use more than necessary, or to use inefficiently
  12. 26. Mixture of smoke and fog which hangs over a city
  13. 27. 2 words. A place where wild animals and plants are protected and preserved.
  14. 28. 2 words. Rain that contains harmful chemicals that collect in the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned
Down
  1. 1. Compound adjective. Able to use less energy (esp. of vehicles, appliances, buildings, etc.)
  2. 2. 2 words. Fuels like oil or coal formed from very old plant and animal fossils. Coal, gas and oil.
  3. 3. 2 words. Pipes and facilities for taking dirty water from homes and factories
  4. 5. 2 words. Global changes in temperature, wind patterns, rainfall, etc. mainly caused by the burning of fossil fuels like coal and oil
  5. 6. Phrasal verbs (3 words). Reduce the consumption of something.
  6. 8. To put waste in the wrong place (eg. put toxic waste into a river)
  7. 9. Phrasal verb (3 words) Use up supplies, have none left.
  8. 10. Phrasal verb. To get rid of something you don't want
  9. 11. Can be used without running out, esp. of energy sources like solar and wind
  10. 12. The contamination of the environment, esp. by industrial waste products and chemicals like pesticides
  11. 15. 2 words. The fact that some gases keep sun heat on the Earth
  12. 16. Phrasal verb. Become extinct
  13. 18. No longer existing or lost forever (of an animal, bird or plant species)
  14. 20. 2 words. Also "household waste", rubbish or garbage from a house or apartment
  15. 21. 2 words. Also climate change, higher air and sea temperatures partly caused by man-made increases in greenhouse-gas levels
  16. 23. Concerned with protecting the natural environment and the planet
  17. 25. Compound adjective. Releasing no greenhouse gases like carbon-dioxide or methane