Ecology & Environment Crossword Puzzles

Explore the wonders of nature with our free printable Ecology & Environment Crossword Puzzles collection. These are good to test your knowledge about your surrounding, like biomes, ecology, environment, and climate change. Help your kids understand the importance of ecology and climate with our free Ecology and Climate crossword puzzles to help them better understand these topics.

These puzzles provide an excellent way to review vocabulary related to climate and ecology, finding connections between concepts. Download and print to see how many clues you can solve.

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Weather and Climate Key Words crossword puzzle
Weather and Climate Key Words

the average weather conditions in a day, the average yearly temperature and precipitation over 30 years, rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the …

Water Cycle & Distribution crossword puzzle
Water Cycle & Distribution

the percentage of earth's water that is freshwater (2 words), process water vapor cooling and turning into liquid water, water that flows across …

Weathering & Natural Disasters crossword puzzle
Weathering & Natural Disasters

a long period of time without rain, animals, such as wolves, are doing this to make their homes in the ground, when water seeps into cracks, then …

Evolution, Biodiversity, Population Ecology crossword puzzle
Evolution, Biodiversity, Population Ecology

_ ecology explains how ecosystems, communities, and populations are distributed in geographic regions, _ ecology studies the distribution and …

The Environmental Challenge crossword puzzle
The Environmental Challenge

convert waste into reusable material, nonrenewable energy sources like coal and oil, keeping waste types apart, environmental contamination, reused …

Environmental Issues crossword puzzle
Environmental Issues

waste material or items that are discarded and no longer needed or wanted, the act of throwing away or discarding food that could have been eaten or …

Biodiversity And Ecosystems crossword puzzle
Biodiversity And Ecosystems

variety of life forms within a system, a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, along with weather and landscape, work together, …

Biodiversity crossword puzzle
Biodiversity

unsustainable use of natural resources, the natural environment in which a species lives and grows, concerned with beauty or the appreciation of …

Biodiversity Quiz crossword puzzle
Biodiversity Quiz

variety of life and organisms in a habitat or ecosystem, biological variation that occurs within a species, diagram that shows how organisms are …

Environmental Pollution and Public Health crossword puzzle
Environmental Pollution and Public Health

discarded electronic devices such as old computers, phones, and batteries, water found beneath the earth's surface, which can be polluted by …

Natural Disaster crossword puzzle
Natural Disaster

a storm with a violent wind, in particular, a tropical cyclone in the caribbean, a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the …

Earth Science - Ecosystems crossword puzzle
Earth Science - Ecosystems

each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a food web, an organism that cannot make its own food, must always be recycled in the ecosystem, …

Land Biomes crossword puzzle
Land Biomes

the tundra gets very little _ , desert biome receives very little annual _ , tundra: most of its water comes from _ , the _ desert in mongolia is a …

Wildlife crossword puzzle
Wildlife

where an animal lives (7 letters), a place where plants and animals live together (9 letters), the variety of living things in nature (12 letters), at …

Recycling and Repurposing crossword puzzle
Recycling and Repurposing

process of turning waste into new products, material made from trees that can be recycled, non-biodegradable material often in bottles, common …

Biogeochemical Cycles crossword puzzle
Biogeochemical Cycles

where carbon is originally located, non-living things, element that has to be converted through nitrogen fixation, process of chemical elements being …

Human Impacts on Earth Environment crossword puzzle
Human Impacts on Earth Environment

the clearing of forests on a massive scale, the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of deforestation, the reduction in …

A Plastic Ocean crossword puzzle
A Plastic Ocean

the island paradise drowning in plastic, what we want you to do when it comes to your plastic habits, 80% of marine litter is made up of this, we are …

Environment & Pollution crossword puzzle
Environment & Pollution

an area designated to receive household garbage , solid waste and construction debris, contamination of the air, water, or soil with substances that …

Environment crossword puzzle
Environment

the process of making air, water, soil, etc. dirty; the state of being dirty, one of the large land masses of the earth such as europe, asia or …

Hydrosphere crossword puzzle
Hydrosphere

the property of water that allows objects to sink even big ships, the water that contains salts and minerals, the water that can be found in glaciers …

Natural Hazards crossword puzzle
Natural Hazards

point on the earth´s surface above the focus of an earthquake, type of graph that shows how quickly a river responds to a rainfall event, a tidal …

Hyrdosphere crossword puzzle
Hyrdosphere

if a body of water has no means of getting rid of water except evaporation, does it contain salt or fresh water?, the process by which a gas turns …

Solid Waste crossword puzzle
Solid Waste

solid waste produced by farming activities, waste that poses substantial or potential threats to public health or the environment, waste generated …

Glaciers crossword puzzle
Glaciers

the last ice age began about two- _ years ago and the ice sheet began to retreat about eighteen-thousand years ago, a glacier is a huge mass of moving …

Weather Factors crossword puzzle
Weather Factors

thin, whispy, feathery clouds at a high altitude, a lack of precipitation, a cotton-like cloud, mostly found in the summer or spring, a method to …

Ecology Review crossword puzzle
Ecology Review

all members of a particular species within an ecosystem, symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and one is harmed, non living factors of …

World Enviroment Day crossword puzzle
World Enviroment Day

what is a type of pollution that comes from the release of harmful chemicals into the environment?, what is a type of pollution that comes from the …

Food Chain crossword puzzle
Food Chain

an organism that needs to eat other organisms for food, an animal that eats plants, an animal that hunts or eats other animals, an animal that eats …

Ecosystems, Variation, and Evolution crossword puzzle
Ecosystems, Variation, and Evolution

a different form of the same gene, chromosomes are divided into sections called what?, chromosomes are presented on a diagram called a.., the actual …

About Ecology & Environment Crossword Puzzles

Ecology & Environment based crossword puzzles feature terms and concepts related to sustainability, ecosystems, biodiversity, and environmental science.

Themes, Categories and Topics

  • Biodiversity: Explore terms related to ecosystems, species, and habitats.
  • Climate Change: Learn about global warming, greenhouse gases, and renewable energy.
  • Sustainability: Highlight practices like recycling, upcycling, and eco-friendly technologies.
  • Marine Ecology: Focus on coral reefs, ocean currents, and aquatic life.
  • Forestry and Conservation: Cover deforestation, wildlife sanctuaries, and conservation efforts.

Whether you're a teacher, student, or nature lover, it's a fun way to test your brain and enjoy nature.

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Use a pencil or pen to fill in the blanks. If you get stumped, no problem! The answers are included with the puzzle.

How to Edit Crossword Puzzles?

You can create your own crossword puzzles, by starting from scratch or by editing the existing puzzle (click on the "Edit" button in puzzle details page). You can edit the title, header, font style, clues font size, and words list. You also have the ability to shuffle questions and puzzle size.