Ecology & Environment Crossword Puzzles

the living things and nonliving things in an area, an organism that uses the sun’s energy to make its own food, an animal that eats other organisms …

this acts on an object in all directions (2), this instrument measures wind speed, the term when a barometer is at 29.92" hg and 59 degrees f at …

a hard rock which can be burned as a fossil fuel, the average of weather conditions in an area over a long period, scientists estimate that this has …

capable of being maintained without depleting resources, outcome or consequences resulting from an action, contamination of air, water, or soil by …

- the process of converting waste materials into new products, - a place where waste is buried under layers of soil, - waste materials that are …

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

feeding relationships among various organisms in an ecosystem, combined portions of earth in which all life exists, soil bacteria convert nitrates …

one of the most deadliest and costliest hurricanes ever, a hurricane is declared by the hurricane center 36 hours before it hits, hurricanes found in …

transported by currents from the earth's equator to the poles, current: carries warm water away from the equator toward cool areas, long-term …

a series of chemical reactions that convert light energy, water, and carbon dioxide into the food-energy molecule glucose and give off oxygen, all the …

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 water moves through the earth and the atmosphere, water that falls to earth’s surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail, the …

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

long-term changes in temperature and weather patterns on earth, the process by which gases trap heat in the earth’s atmosphere, warming the planet, …

transfer of energy through direct contact, the total kinetic energy of particles, occurs at or near the surface of the ocean, caused by wind, the …

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 …

the first earth day was celebrated this year, the environmental book "silent spring" by rachel carson was published in this year, the theme …

large natural flow of water that moves toward a larger body of water like a lake or ocean, salt water with salinity levels between 32-35ppt, water …

a long period when people living in a particular area do not have enough food, and many of them suffer and die, an artificial lake where water is …

causes cracks in rocks to expand as water seeps in and freezes, breaking down of rock and wearing away of rock by the action of other rock, process by …

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

the atmospheric layer in which weather occurs, _ layer, protects the earth from most of the sun's uv rays, the falling of water from clouds is …

two populations that benefit from one another and often depend on each other for survival, creates its own food directly from solar energy through …

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 …

a species that is in threat of extinction, growing crops and raising livestock, the introduction of harmful substances or products into the …

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 …

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 …

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

what is the most dangerous plastic, use again, maybe in a different way, use the raw materials again, extremely small pieces of plastic in the …

protection, a source of water for desert plants, a period of time without any precipitations, a part of a broken glass, roots do it with water, a stem …