Environment Crossword Puzzles
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Tropical Rainforest
emergent: highest layer of the rainforest, forestfloor: the lowest layer of the rainforest, camouflage: an adaptation that makes animals almost look invisible, …
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, …
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 …
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 …
Natures Clean Up Crew - Scavengers
vulture: vomits as a defense from predators, scavenger: an animal that feeds on carrion, insects: have exoskeletons, snakes: do not have eye lids or ear holes, …
Tornado Review
anemometer : an instrument used to measure wind speeds, warning : alert issues when an actual tornado has been sighted, super cell : a severe thunderstorm, …
Biodiverse Ecosystem
biodiversity : the number and variety of organisms found in a specific region., genetic: ______ diversity is the variety of genes or inherited trait that are …
Meteorology
atmosphere : the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body, avalanche : a slide of large masses of snow, ice and mud down a mountain, breeze : a slight …
