Ecology & Environment Crossword Puzzles

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

wet air, what happens when an updraft meets a downdraft and a dry air mass meets a wet air mass, something that forms in the sky that is white, a …

round balls of ice that fall from thunderstorms, a bright flash of electricity in the sky during a storm, frozen precipitation in the form of white …

energy generated from atoms, either by fission or by fusion [7], name for heat energy which is derived from the earths sub-surface [10], renewable …

the main cause of pollution in our atmosphere, the state of the atmosphere at any given time, this occurs midway between solstices, what cause air …

the wearing away and removal of rock by the sea, where eroded rocks are hurdled against a cliff wearing it away, where eroded rocks hit against each …

variety of life and organisms in a habitat or ecosystem, biological variation that occurs within a species, diagram that shows how organisms are …

_ endangered species have a very high risk of extinction in the immediate future (10 years)., _ species have a high risk of extinction in the near …

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, …

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 - …

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 & …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

environmental _ - established a national policy and goals for the protection, maintenance, and enrichment of the environment, _ protection act - …

eat both plants and meat, the process of using the energy from the sun to make food, they make it easy for roots to get air and for water to get into …