Ecology & Environment Crossword Puzzles

very strong or harmful, very severe or intense, snowstorm with strong wind, strong windy rainstorm, loud sound after lightning, bright flash in the …

an instrument for measuring the speed of the wind, or of any current of gas, an instrument for measuring and indicating temperature, typically one …

ground that is permanently frozen, trees and shrubs that shed their leaves at the end of the growing season, a scrub land biome of dense, spiny …

makes up 78% of earth's atmosphere, the second most abundant gas in earth's atmosphere, the measure of the force of air molecules on a …

the process by which the land becomes desert, a long period in which there is little or no rain, gases and other substances discharged into the air, …

a type of pollution caused by cars and factories, you can do this to old paper to make new paper, a natural resource that needs to be conserved, a …

reduced visibility often caused by pollution, at risk of becoming extinct, a long period of low rainfall, the large-scale clearing of forests, the …

generally features cool summers (relative to their latitude) and cool winters, with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes, is …

a rise in average global temperatures, the average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time, large, clockwise rotating tropical …

the species that benefits from a relationship that harms the other species, symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits but the other species …

factors such as food, water and shelter that can affect a population based on the size of , the population _ is the number of individuals in a given …

a colorless, odorless and tasteless gas used as fuel to provide energy for homes and industries. rotting vegetable can produce _ , a _ is a linear …

this process converts ammonia to nitrite and then to nitrate, this is the process by which nitrogen gas from the atmosphere is converted into ammonia …

a naturally occurring mineral containing a valuable constituent (such as metal) for which it is mined and worked, to make less or cause to appear …

an amorphous hydrated ferric oxide, varying in color from dark brown to yellow, used as an ore of iron, soil formed by rock decay and left as a …

a living renewable energy source, what kind of transportation is “people powered”, what is the most widely used renewable power source, what part …

pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds, cumulus clouds are the puffy clouds that look like puffs of cotton, a tool that …

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 …

to move from one object to another or one place to another, weather over time, when something becomes different over time, an amount of air that moves …

one form of environmental friendly energy (hint: we got a new project), number of types of plastics that are most commonly used, over 1 million marine …

the uppermost layer of vegetation in terrestrial biome, a narrow stratum of rapid temperature change in the ocean and lakes, a terrestrial biome at …

a rapid discharge of electrical energy into the atmosphere, flooding occurs within a few hours of heavy or excessive rainfall, fluffy white stuff from …

the alps, a dense woodland in equatorial area, a black leopard, a large reptile, an indian mammal, they like chirping in the trees, a plant type, a …

the breakdown of rock results from chemical change in the rock, commonly known as "rust". it occurs when oxygen combines with another …

when the land warms up, it heats the air above it. this causes the air to expand and rise, air rises and it cools and condenses, the horizontal …

caused by uneven heating of land and water which causes a rising and sinking of warm and cool air masses creating convection currents, water changing …

study of how organisms interact with their environment, consists of all the organisms that live in a given area, group of a single species that live …

continuous movement of water between earth's surface and air, gets energy from feeding directly on producers or the animals that feed on …

the power needed to do work, a living thing that makes its own food, a living thing that eats other living things, an animal that eats both plants and …

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 …