Environment Crossword Puzzles
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 …
Ecology Definitions
biodiversity: the variety of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular habitat, a high level of which is usually considered to be important and …
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 …
Water Cycle and Weather
climate: the general type of weather conditions in an area averaged over a long period of time., temperature: measure of heat (in the atmosphere) using a …
Waste Management
incineration : the burning of solid waste, sanitary landfills : these places hold municipal solid waste, recycling : means to reclaim raw materials to create …
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 …
Environments and Adaptations
ecosystem: all factors, living and non-living, in an area, nocturnal: creatures who are awake during the night are __________, behavioral: modifications to how …
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 …
Earth's Atmosphere
itcz : the low pressure band that roughly follows the equator, right : the direction winds curve in the northern hemisphere, left : the direction winds curve in …
Greenhouse Gasses
water vapor : a natural gas that is in the air., glacier retreat : when glaciers melt, and are not as long as they used to be., carbon dioxide : produced when …
Tropical Rainforest
emergent: highest layer of the rainforest, forestfloor: the lowest layer of the rainforest, camouflage: an adaptation that makes animals almost look invisible, …
Environment
recycle : process of reusing materials to reduce waste , pollution : release of harmful substances into the environment , ecosystem : community of living …
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 …
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 …
Exploring Climate Change
australia: a country that experience heavy consequences from bushfires in 2019, plastic: a synthetic material that is hard to break down and intensively used in …
