Eco-Literacy Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• sustainability: the ability to maintain or support something over the long term without depleting resources or causing irreparable harm to the environment.
• environment: the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
• ecology: the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
• recycle: convert (waste) into reusable material.
• eco literacy: understanding of ecological principles and concepts.
• eco literate: having knowledge and understanding of ecological issues and concepts.
• collaboration: the action of working with someone to produce or create something.
• accountability: the fact or condition of being accountable; responsibility.
• ecosystem: a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
• conservation: the action of conserving something, in particular, the environment.
• protection: the action of protecting someone or something.
• deforestation: the action of clearing a wide area of trees.
• earth: the third planet from the sun; the planet on which we live.
• pollution: the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects.
• plants: a living organism of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and mosses.
• animals: a living organism that feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and nervous systems and able to respond rapidly to stimuli.
• humans: a member of the species homo sapiens; a person.
• biodiversity: the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
• habitat: the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
• climate change: a change in global or regional climate patterns, attributed largely to increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels.