Environment Crossword Puzzles
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, …
Waste Managment
land fill sites : area of land that is used to dump rubbish, incineration : process of burning waste, disposal at sea : when any substance is loaded onto a …
Environmental Wellness
waste : unwanted materials left over as a result of human habitation or manufacturing and production processes, recycling : the act of processing used or …
Climate Change and Temperature Increase
weather : the complex of meteorological phenomenas is defined by ____, tajikistan : what country is nomvar kurbon a climatologist from?, temperature : what …
Environmental Issues
plastic : type of material that is bad for the environment., recycle : to reuse., toxic : chemically poisonous., conservation : preservation or restoration., …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
6th Grade Environment
environment : everything around us, like the air, water, land, plants, animals, and even the buildings we use., habitat : the place where an animal or plant …
Environmental Hazards
katrina : tropical storm in usa 2005, earthquake : when tectonic plates move together, convection : the driving force of continental drift, extinct : volcano is …
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 …
Clouds and Precipitation
freezing : occurs at 32 degrees fahrenheit, sleet : begins as rain but becomes ice as it is falling to the ground, meteorology : the study of weather, …
Natural Hazards
richter scale : measures the magnitude of an earthquake, moment scale : rates the total energy an earthquake releases, liquefaction : occurs when wet soil acts …
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 …
