Environment Crossword Puzzles
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Resources in Ecosystem
limiting factor : anything that restricts the size of a population, community : all the populations of different species that live together in the same area at …
Biological Diversity
habitat : where the species lives, water : the most important substance for life, variation : the different breeds of a species, community : the life and …
World Rainforest Movement
wrm : abbreviation for the world rainforest movement, starbucks : this popular coffee shop contributes to the destruction of forests, deforestation : the …
Intro to Ecology
aquatic : biomes that are based within fresh or salt water, ecology : study of the interactions between organisms and the nonliving components of their …
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 …
Human Impact on the Atmosphere
smog : air pollution that forms when and vehicle exhaust reacts with sunlight, acid : _____ precipitation contains a high concentration of acid, land …
Climate Change Review
ecoregion: a subdivision of an ecozone, thermohaline: the ocean's currents are driven by this type of circulation., climate: the characteristics of weather over …
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 …
Water and Mass Movement Erosion
gravity : responsible for erosion of flowing water and glaciers., sediment : small pieces of matter produced by weathering., glacier : a large accumulation of …
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 …
