Environment Crossword Puzzles
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 …
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 …
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 …
Global Warming and Its Effects
global warming : the problem caused when too much carbon dioxide is in the atmosphere, carbon dioxide : the waste produce from respiration, given out during …
