Ecology & Environment Crossword Puzzles

the well-lit, open surface waters in a lake away from the shore, matter that settles to the bottom of a body of water, an environmental factor that …

tiny solid particles in the air, a product of incomplete combustion, the measurement of how hot or cold the air is, the outermost layer of …

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 …

ocean _ refers to the warmth or coldness of ocean water, which varies by depth, location, and time of year, the top layer of the ocean is warmer due …

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 …

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

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 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, _ …

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 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 …

all the living factors in an ecosystem, the study of how living things interact with each other and their environment, all the nonliving factors in an …

the movement of water on a surface to areas of lower elevation, the amount of water vapor in the air, the measure of the amount of heat energy in an …

disease-causing agent that infect humans and make them sick, factors that threaten or are harmful to human health, the effect an organism shows as a …

the living factors of an ecosystem, the use of a species to get rid of pests instead of using pesticides, an aquatic ecosystem with high biodiversity, …

they provide an important ecosystem for life underwater, the world largest known predator fish, they can live up to be 50-100 years old!, this species …