Ecology & Environment Crossword Puzzles

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

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 …

continuous movement of water between earth's surface and air, gets energy from feeding directly on producers or the animals that feed on …

the power needed to do work, a living thing that makes its own food, a living thing that eats other living things, an animal that eats both plants and …

these organisms produce their own food to get the energy they need to live. most of them use photosynthesis to do this, these organisms consume …

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 …

a unit consisting of living and nonliving organisms in the environment, a living thing, abiotic (ex. sunlight, soil, water, oxygen), biotic (ex. …

a measure of the average kinetic energy of air molecules, precipitation that soaks into the soil, all the water on earth's surface, rivers, …

sum total of all the plants, animals and micro-organisms in an area along with non-living components such as climate, river, etc, the part of the …

a relationship in which one species benefits and the other remains unaffected, an interaction in which the presence of one species has a negative …

deserts, deep oceans, mountains ice caps are what, conditions in which something lives in, a characteristic that helps an organism live in its …

broken down by erosion to begin soil production, grown without human interference, the amount of direct sunlight a region receives depends on …

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

are organisms with shells/skeletons made from calcium carbonate, is the exchange of carbon dioxide rapidly between plants and animals through …

features of organisms that help them survive in their habitat, the study of organisms in their natural environment, a network of interactions between …

travelling with multiple people in a car, a seattle train running 100% on ecofriendly energy, best type of lightbulb, _ monday, no _ in the trash, _ …

normal pattern of weather, what occurs in an area over a long period of time, layer of the atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the …

natural home for plants, animals or organisms, large ears like a mule. bifurcated antlers. forage on plants in summer, conifers in winter, 9 foot …

any free-living thing, something that once was alive is no longer alive, meets all 8 characteristics of a living thing, something that was never …

a _ assessment is carried out to assess the environmental impact of a product, the total amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases emitted …

the state of the atmosphere at a particular place and time, example of a vascular plant, lack of precipitation, a change or slight difference in …

a spinning storm with a cone shape, a huge storm with heavy rain and strong winds, a storm with rain and lightning, a flash of electricity in the sky, …

able to be broken down by living organisms such as bacteria, which is then safe for the environment, describing a state in which carbon dioxide …

primary reason for the necessity of sanitation, practices that maintain health and prevent disease through cleanliness, illnesses that sanitation aims …

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

dispose of batteries and light bulbs through the _ dept, windex, 409, and _ are cleaning products that are considered chemicals, _ not disposed of …

tiny plastic particles, typically less than 5mm in size, that result from the breakdown of larger plastic items, the practice of using resources in a …

energy from the sun, a device that converts sunlight into electricity, a structure that converts wind energy into electricity, a structure that …

fruits have _ inside them, the _ is the structure that holds the egg, nonflowering plants have _ , an _ develops into a seed, _ occurs when the pollen …

the variety of species in earth's ecosystems, the result of a cause leading to a change or multiple changes, a species introduced to a new …