Across
- 3. act of meeting human needs in ways that ensure future generations also will be able to meet their needs
- 9. thermal energy from within Earth
- 10. scientific observation that Earth’s average temperature is increasing
- 11. manufacturing new products out of used products
- 12. something that has two different components performing essentially the same task
- 13. prevents most harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation from reaching Earth
- 14. type of air pollution that is formed when sunlight reacts with waste gases from the burning of fossil fuels
Down
- 1. natural resource that is being used up faster than it can be replaced by natural processes
- 2. mixture of gases that forms a layer around Earth
- 4. natural resource that will not run out, no matter how much of it people use
- 5. contamination of the environment with substances that are harmful to life
- 6. part of the environment that supplies a material that is useful or necessary for the survival of living things
- 7. acidic rain or snow that forms when waste gases from automobiles and power plants combine with moisture in the air
- 8. natural resource that can be replenished by natural processes at least as quickly as it is used