Environment Crossword Puzzles
Ecology Review
omnivore : type of organism that consumes both plants and animals, species : smallest unit of organization in ecology focuses on a single organism, decomposers …
Interesting Weather Facts
lightning: a hot bright light that shoots from the sky. , wall: the eye______is the strongest part of a hurricane. , tornado: huge column of spinning wind. , …
In Our Environment
environment: everything around us including the air, land, water, plants, and animals, mammal: an animal that has hair or fur and breathes air, plant: a living …
Soil Pollution
plastic : i don't degrade, i don't perish. even microbes can't affect me. if you burn me, your health worsens., landfill : right now i am the only possible …
Environmental Hazards
katrina : tropical storm in usa 2005, earthquake : when tectonic plates move together, convection : the driving force of continental drift, extinct : volcano is …
Factors Affecting Weather
sun:provides almost all of earth's energy, weather:state of the atmosphere at shorter period of time, clouds: formed when sun evaporates water into the air, …
Water Habitats
tidepool : a puddle of ocean water., oceanographer : someone who studies the oceans plants and animals., saltwater : water that is salty., pond : a small body …
Food Webs and Adaptations
consumers : animals that have to eat another living thing to survive are called ________, predator : this type of animal would be found at the top of a food …
Environmental Science
insects : growing crops among the native plants instead of on cleared land, fungi : many antibiotics are derived from chemicals that come from this group, …
Biogeochemical Cycles
legumes : oats, peas, beans, corn, nitrogen : our atmosphere contains 78% free _________________________., sun : what "powers" the water cycle?, dna : …
The Atmosphere
absorbed : 70 percent of energy from the sun gets _____, density : the amount of mass per unit of volume, ultraviolet : a type of high energy radiation that is …
Environmental Conditions
dehydration : the condition that results when fluids are lost from the body and not replaced, heat exhaustion : generalized fatigue related to excessive heat …
The Atmosphere and the Hydrosphere
troposphere: it is the atmosphere layer where weather phenomena take place., greenhouse effect: some gases in the atmosphere retain part of the heat that the …
Soil Review
slope: be inclined from a horizontal or vertical line; slant up or down, landform: a natural feature of the earth's surface, soils depression: a depression is …
Ecosystems Key Words
herbivore: an animal that only eats plants, carnivore: an animal that only eats meat, omnivore: an animal that eats both meat and plants, producer: an organism …
The Atmosphere & Weather
altitude : the distance above sea level, ultraviolet : a type of high energy radiation that is burns the cells of living things; , precipitation : rain or snow …
Ecosystem Ecology
carnivores : consumers that feed on herbivores or other carnivores , niche : a role or profession of an organism in its community and in ecology , photo …
The Hydrological Cycle
evaporation: water turning to vapour, condensation: water vapour turning to water droplets, precipitation: the key term for rain, hail, snow and sleet, …
Earth Day Scavenger Hunt
reduce: one of three ways to eliminate waste and protect the environment., styrofoam: this material takes about 500 years to decompose., cuyahoga: this river …
Ecosystem Management of Peat Bogs
biodiversity : controlled grazing is used to maintain the ______ of peat land, afforestation : the greatest decline of peat bogs has been through ______ , ditch …
Multilateral Environmental Agreements
stockholm: the name of the convention that aims to protect human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants (pops), basel: the name of the …
