Environment Crossword Puzzles
Tropical Storms
true: low lying coastal areas are more at risk of tropical storms, true or false?, soft: type of engineering where mangroves are planted at the coast to limit …
Weather
degrees celsius: unit measure for weather., temperature: how hot or cold something is , humid: high water vapour in the atmosphere, wind speed: how fast or …
Weathering
saturation: the state or process that occurs when no more of something can be absorbed, combined with, or added. , climate: the weather conditions prevailing in …
Food Chain
carnivore: an organism that eats meat, or the flesh of animals., organism: a living thing that has an organized structure, can react to stimuli, reproduce, grow …
Recycling
glass : an item that can be recycled after drinking from it., can : a recyclable item made from metal., usable : old clothing and soft toys like teddy bears are …
Ecosystem
habitat : the pace in the ecosystem where an organism lives. , decomposers : organisms that break down dead plants and animals. , food chain : passing energy …
Earth Systems Vocabulary
glacier: a large mass of ice resting on, or overlapping, a land surface, ecosystem: all the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each …
Bushfires
rural fire service : what service helps put out fires, eucalypt : what plant relies on fire to help it grow, humidity : a cause of bush fires, summer : what …
Climate
arctic : a zone towards the poles of the earth, tidal : a force which pulls a body away due to differences in gravitational fields, coriolis : a force which …
Climate Change
hazard: something that may cause injury or harm, purify: to clean something contamination or imperfection, restore: reset to a previous state, drought: a state …
Ecosystems
abundance : a measure of how common something is., community : all the different organisms living and interacting with one another in a particular area., …
Air Masses and Weather Fronts
stationary : the type of weather front where two air masses meet and collide, air mass : a large body of air with roughly the same temperature and humidity, …
The Environment
environment : it's where we live , humans , fish , animals , climate : the desert has a very dry and hot, habitat : a place where humans or animals can live …
Solar Energy
load : the level of demand on an energy producing system, solar : relating to the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun, photovoltaic : refers to something …
Food Chains and Food Webs
food chain : one path that shows the transfer of energy in an ecosystem, consumer : gets energy from eating other organisms, carnivore : eats only meat, …
Biogeochemical Cycles
legumes : oats, peas, beans, corn, nitrogen : our atmosphere contains 78% free _________________________., sun : what "powers" the water cycle?, dna : …
The Greenhouse Effect
emissions: things put into the planet, mostly done by humans, that add to climate change impacts, carbon dioxide: the most populous gas in the atmosphere, …
Nitrogen Cycle
decomposition : the state or process of rotting; decay, nitrifying : the conversion of ammonium to nitrate, nitrogen : makes up 78 percent of the gases in the …
Waste Management
incineration : the burning of solid waste, sanitary landfills : these places hold municipal solid waste, recycling : means to reclaim raw materials to create …
Layers of the Atmosphere
atmosphere: the whole mass of air that surrounds the earth., ionosphere: the layer of the earth's atmosphere that contains a high concentration of ions and free …
Weather Related Words
rain: water falling from the sky in drops., fog: dense layer of water droplets that forms close to the ground, reducing visibility., typhoon: tropical storm or …
