Across
- 2. source pollution water pollution that comes from a single, discrete place
- 4. species an organism that is not native and has negative effects on our economy, our environment, or our health
- 5. acidification reduction in the pH of the ocean over an extended period time
- 7. excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water
- 9. cloudiness or haziness of a fluid caused by large numbers of individual particles
- 11. surface artificial structures such as pavements
- 15. a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake
- 16. Peninsula a large peninsula on the East Coast of the United States
- 18. the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream
Down
- 1. organism's specific role in an ecosystem
- 3. source pollution both water and air pollution from diffuse sources
- 6. water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock
- 7. species a species of animal or plant that is seriously at risk of extinction
- 8. the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil
- 10. deposited as a layer of solid particles on the bed or bottom of a body of water or other liquid
- 12. aquatic vegetation sea grasses, water plants and algae
- 13. mix of salt and fresh water
- 14. sinks a forest, ocean, or other natural environment viewed in terms of its ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
- 17. dynamics branch of complex systems research in statistical physics
- 19. the draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from the surface of an area of land, a building or structure