Mostly Ecology, Some Genetics #2 Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• sane : most _ people want us to lower our greenhouse emissions
• biosphere : biosphere 2 was a model for earth's _
• ecology : your words: "life, our planet, biomes, connections between all living and nonliving things, plants, animals, nature, the cycles of matter"
• acidity : excess carbon dioxide damages coral reefs by increasing _
• biome : a major earth region with distinct climate, plants and animals
• onto : to replicate itself dna first unzips. then nucleotides (a,g, c, and t's) go _ the template strand
• nitrogen : an element that makes up most of our air
• condensation : water droplets forming on the side of our terrariums
• rna : similar to dna but single-stranded
• evaporate : go from liquid to gas
• algae : an abundant aquatic autotroph
• eoc : abbreviation of emergency operations center - is responsible for emergency preparedness and disaster management
• glacial : _ melting causes sea levels to rise
• point : a kind of mutation where only one nucleotide of a gene is changed (one letter of the genetic code)
• permafrost : roots grow shallow when this is present
• sunlight : a necessary ingredient for photosynthesis
• soil : can be enriched by composting
• methane : produced by fermentation in the guts of grazing animals
• loop : the planet heating causing more water to evaporate into water vapor, which acts as a greenhouse gas and traps more heat, causing more water to evavporate trapping more heat.... is a positive feedback _ we want to avoid
• coral : animals that lay down the structure of coral reefs
• later : sooner rather than _ is when we should do 50 accross
• huge : "cowspiracy" says methane from animal agriculture plays a _ role in global warming
• ozone : a molecule made of 3 oxygens
• gene : a chunk of dna that codes for a trait
• gas : water vapor is the most abundant greenhouse _