Ecology & Environment Crossword Puzzles

a wetland area dominated by herbaceous plants. what is this type of wetland called?, a wetland that is often flooded and dominated by trees. what do …

movement of air from one place to another, boundary between two air masses, step of the water cycle when liquid water turns into water vapor, step of …

a community of living organisms (plants, animals, and microorganisms) interacting with each other and their physical environment (soil, water, and …

a vast, flat, treeless arctic region, a thick subsurface layer of soil that remains frozen throughout the year, long term shifts in temperature and …

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 …

what a cyclone is known as in the usa, the number of categories used to measure the strength of a hurricane, the weather conditions that a cyclone …

fluffy, white clouds with a flat base, low, gray clouds covering the sky like a blanket, thin, wispy clouds high in the sky, thick, dark clouds …

these organisms produce their own food to get the energy they need to live. most of them use photosynthesis to do this, these organisms consume …

the variety of plants and animals in a region, a biome used mostly for farming and urbanisation, a vast, frozen landscape, covered in permafrost, the …

the kind of weather that typically occurs in an area over a long period of time, animals that don't lay eggs but give birth to live babies and suckle …

the study of water, a branch of science dealing with the characteristics of fresh water including biological properties, the world's water supply is …

there are four types of thunderstorms. _ thunderstorms are the strongest and most severe, _ is an electrical discharge that occurs within …

young forests take in more co2 than they release, mature forests hold carbon in a balance, the protection and management of natural areas, all of the …

a prediction of what the weather will be like in the future, a scientist who studies and predicts the weather, the usual weather conditions in a place …

_ capacity is the maximum # of population that can be supported by an ecosystem, stable ecosystems are evident after minor physical disturbances when …

a warming trend on earth that affects evaporation and precipitation, the draining away of water from the surface of an area of land, a boundary of …

most _ people want us to lower our greenhouse emissions, biosphere 2 was a model for earth's _ , your words: "life, our planet, biomes, …

not alive, carbon, nitrogen and phosphorous, are just 3 elements that _ through earths's ecosystems, ca++ is an _ , at this point a lab meat hamburger …

amount of added nutrient, usually nitrogen or phosphorus, that can be absorbed by plants without damaging ecosystem integrity, a downward population …

large area of ice moving slowly down a mountain, altitude above which the snow stays year round, movement of water on the earth from atmosphere to …

the gas which makes up most of our atmosphere today (78%) (n _ ), the gas in our atmosphere that we need to stay alive (21%) (o _ ), the gas in our …

the process where a dense oceanic plate plunges below a less dense continental plate, the name of a steep sided volcano with viscous thick lava, the …

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 …

process by which a population becomes better suited to its environmentt by increasing the frequencies of alleles that provide benefits to survival and …

the long-term change in earth's climate:, the wearing away of soil by wind, water, or other natural agents, the introduction of harmful chemicals into …

the ability to maintain or support something over the long term without depleting resources or causing irreparable harm to the environment, the …

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

_ is not created or destroyed, but is recycled, the _ cycle is _ moving from producers to consumers to decomposers back to producers, these organisms …

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

form of radiation with wavelengths are longer than those of red light, layer where weather occurs, movement of air parallel to earth's surface, the …