Across
- 2. a tunnel carrying a stream or open drain under a road or railway.
- 4. to harm or injure
- 5. containing a poison or toxin
- 8. These are the beginnings of rivers, the uppermost streams in the river network farthest from the river’s endpoint or where it flows into another river. Changes that harm headwaters affect streams, lakes and rivers downstream.
- 11. The cloudiness or haziness in a fluid caused by individual small particles (suspended solids).
- 12. Sand and dirt that settle in the bottom of lakes, rivers and streams.
- 15. items or materials in the environment that living things need to use to survive
- 17. a community in which plants, animals, microbes and the place where they live and interact with one another
- 18. to stop something from being harmed, to safeguard
- 19. Organisms lacking backbones and visible to the eye without a microscope.
- 20. natural home of an animal or plant
- 22. the relationship between all living things that makes the actions of each one affect all the others either directly or indirectly
- 23. Water found in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand and rock. It is stored in, and moves slowly through those materials. Groundwater is the water source for wells and springs. An estimated 50 percent of the water in small streams comes from groundwater.
- 26. an animal lacking a backbone
- 27. a chemical used to kill plants, especially weeds
- 31. A bacteria found in the waste of warm blooded mammals, its presence indicates untreated sewage or droppings from pets or wildlife.
- 33. an understanding that you are in control of your own behaviour and actions, an acceptance of the need to take action and respond to events
- 34. a low dam built across a river to raise the level of water upstream or regulate its flow.
- 35. supplies or resources that are essential for life
- 36. something the pollutes or damages air, soil or water
Down
- 1. to keep supporting for a long period: to maintain strength and energy
- 3. The cloudiness or haziness in a fluid caused by individual small particles (suspended solids).
- 6. the effect that something or some action might have
- 7. To supply (land or crops) with water by means of pipes, sprinklers, ditches, or streams.
- 9. a variety of life (bio means life)
- 10. a simple, non-flowering, and typically aquatic plant that has no roots
- 13. To eat into or eat away.
- 14. a way of life that uses fewer natural resources, and makes less waste, so that humans and other living things can continue to live on planet Earth
- 15. steps we can take to help repair the damage humans have done to the environment, restore the environment to a healthy state and prevent future damage
- 16. Act of returning something to its original condition by cleaning or repairing.
- 21. our natural surroundings (the world of air, sea, land, animals and plants)
- 24. harmful substances that humans have put in the environment
- 25. a chemical that is used to destroy animal pests
- 28. Water from rainfall that flows off rooftops, streets, parking lots and other paved surfaces.
- 29. to protect from harm or loss
- 30. relating to wetlands adjacent to rivers and streams.
- 32. a rocky or shallow part of a stream or river where the water flows brokenly.