Ecology & Environment Crossword Puzzles

all of the individuals of one species living at one location at one time, large swath or region defined by shared climate and distance from equator, …

a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from the clouds, falling ice that are in the …

where the cyclone forms, what the cyclone is called when it is 74 mph or below, the safest part of a storm, what the cyclone is called when it is 75 - …

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 …

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 …

a bright flash of light in the sky, a loud rumbling noise during a storm, adjective for very bad weather, adjective --when a cloud forms at ground …

the thin, feathery clouds high in the sky, the season with the warmest air, what the air is like outside, has strong winds, high ocean waves & …

white fluffy things you see in the sky on a sunny day, measures how hot or cold it is, the layer of air surrounding earth, a sudden flash of light and …

forests cover _ percent of the planet, _ farming is responsible for 14.5% of global methane emissions, 3.5 _ to 7 _ trees cut down each year, if the …

required for photosynthesis (not carbon dioxide), the reactant in respiration, a product of photosynthesis (along with glucose), the process where …

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 …

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

group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area, bacteria and fungi that break down materials, any living part of the environment …

a process that releases energy from organic molecules in the absence of oxygen, the interacting parts of a biological community & its environment, …

organisms that become established outside of their native range, symbiosis where both species benefit, two or more species that fight for a resource, …

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

not capable of being decomposed by bacteria or other living organisms, any substance or object that is discarded or intended to be discarded, a site …

many food chains, eats only meat, collects energy from the sun, consumes other organisms, role an organism has, biological community and abiotic …

the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet, the lowest region of the atmosphere, extending from the earth's surface, the layer …

amount of material something can hold, big, puffy clouds, filled to capacity, instrument used to find relative humidity, line on a weather map that …

a large mammal with a trunk, found in savannahs and forests, an area covered in trees and undergrowth, an area covered with water, home to fish and …

the instrument that helps us determine the speed that the air is moving, at higher altitudes, air pressure _ because there are fewer air molecules …

beneath the emergent layer is the _ , a deep layer of vegetation roughly six meters (20 feet) thick, producers, such as trees in borneo's thick …

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 …

the location in which an organism lives, the coloring or patterns on an animal's body that allow it to blend in with its environment, all of the …

gas which protects everything on the earth, gas from power plants and automobiles, a synthetic man made gas, clouds are located here, provides the …

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 …

_ forest - trees drop their leaves here, _ rainforest - tiger and jaguar biome, nile in the north, continent north of the mediterranean sea, cold …

a weather event with winds over 35 mph and reduced visibility due to snow, short term day-to-day conditions, long term temperatures and conditions …

produces surface currents, the number of oceans on earth, where snails, crabs, lobsters move; sponges and coral attach themselves to it, tiny living …