Environment Crossword Puzzles
Erosion, Weathering
erosion: movement of rock fragments by gravity, wind, rain, rivers., deposition: laying down of sediment carried by wind, water, sea, ice., gravity: responsible …
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 …
Energy Flow in Ecosystems
producer: makes their own food, hydrosphere: all of earth's water in solid, liquid and gas form, photosynthesis: to get energy from sunlight, green plants …
Tropical Rainforest
emergent: highest layer of the rainforest, forestfloor: the lowest layer of the rainforest, camouflage: an adaptation that makes animals almost look invisible, …
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, …
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 …
Weather Terms
weather: day to day weather, climate: weather measured over years, frostbite: skin freezing leading to numbness, barometer: measures atmospheric pressure, …
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 …
Earth's Weather
conduction : transfer of heat with touch., evaporation : part of the water cycle that effects hurricanes., warm : the temperature associated with low pressure., …
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 …
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 …
Aquatic Biomes
littoral zone : the shallow part of a body of water near the shore, flood plain : areas near a river's course that frequently get flooded, salinity : the …
