Ecology & Environment Crossword Puzzles

water droplets in clouds freeze into tiny ice crystals, moving air, a hot flash of electricity that jumps down from a storm cloud, a snowstorm with …

lighter tremors after an earthquake, huge storms that form at sea, when a tornado forms over water, a column of wind that spins up to 3oo mph, each …

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 …

sediment deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake and builds up a landform, occurs where the agents of erosion deposit, or lay down, …

when limestone is dissolved underground, you get a.., leaving the previous season's stalks behind to prevent erosion, sediment deposits here when …

average weather pattern of a region over time, region that has a particular climate and contains certain types of plants and animals, water ecosystems …

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

a place where land meets water, provides habitat, clean water, flood control and stores carbon, a plant that smells of rotting meat to attract flies …

sources such as fossil fuel combustion which originate from human activity, photosynthesis of oxygen originate from natural functions of biological …

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

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 …

the gas layer that surrounds the earth, the useful gas that we breathe, the gas that is most common in the atmosphere, the outer layer of the earths …

taking items that were meant for one purpose but can be used for other ones, the total amount of greenhouse gases that are generated by our actions …

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 …

vertical flow of ocean water, layer of water that light penetrates, ecological region located in the lowest level of the water body, body of water …

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 …

a heritable trait that helps and organism survive and reproduce in its habitat, the environment in which an organism naturally lives, differences …

country with the highest co2 emissions, process of trapping and storing carbon dioxide to reduce greenhouse gas emissions(2 words), a building design …

_ sink, areas of vegetation, the ocean or the soil which absorb or store carbon, movement of rock by water, ice or wind, layers of sedimentary rock, _ …

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

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 …

the outer part of the magnetic field that interacts with these particles, in this layer, the effects of temperature outweigh the effects of pressure, …

a deadly ocean wave that is caused by natural events such as earthquakes, landslides, or volcanic eruptions, the most common natural disaster on …

decayed organic material used as plant fertilizer, general term for waste materials, discarded electrical or electronic devices, capable of …

the global movement of water in the deep ocean created by differences in temperature and salinity (salt content), moving like a conveyor belt, the …

the saltwater (ocean) biome is the _ of all biomes, freshwater - _ are plants common to all these bodies of water, saltwater - in the deeper water, …

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

holds more water vapor, increasing (high)air pressure signals this type of weather. (fair or stormy), in a high pressure system, cool air masses …

where there are lots of trees, a very hot and dry place, where water runs to the sea, where water falls from a cliff, the blue place way up high, …

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