Name ___________________________ Human Impact Vocabulary 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 ACROSS 36 A long period of low precipitation 2 The regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth where life exists 5 Anything naturally occurring in the environment that humans use 10 rain or a another form of precipitation that is more acidic than normal, caused by the release of molecules of sulfur dioxide 11 A widely spread source of pollution that is difficult to link to a specific point of origin 12 the water and human wastes that are washed down sinks, toilets, and showers 14 capable of being broken down by bacteria and other decomposers 15 the advance of dessert-like conditions into areas that previously were fertile; caused by over farming, overgrazing, drought, and climate change 17 the use of a resource in ways that maintain the resource at a certain quality for certain period of time 19 a material that can be harmful if it is not properly disposed of 20 a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation; examples include carbon dioxide (CO2) & chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) 23 Waste produced in homes, businesses, schools and in a community 25 The practice of using less of a resource so that I can last longer 27 fog or haze combined with smoke and other atmospheric pollutants 28 A place to dispose of refuse and other waste material by burying it and covering it with soil 30 The trapping of heat near Earth’s surface by certain gases in the atmosphere 33 the continual movement of water among the earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land surface through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. Also called the water cycle. 35 Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers DOWN 1 a specific source of pollution that can be identified 3 The process of restoring land to a more natural, productive state 4 the amount of land and water that individuals use to meet their resource needs and to absorb the wastes that they produce 6 Chemicals that kill insects and other crop-destroying organisms 7 A change in global or regional climate patterns, attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produce 8 substances that are toxic to plants; used to destroy unwanted vegetation 9 The total number of different species on Earth, including those on land, in the water, and in the air 13 A substance that causes pollution 16 A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful period 18 A substance that provides nutrients to help crops grow better 21 Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or the remains of organisms, deposited by erosion 22 a resource that is always available or is naturally replaced a relatively short time 24 the water or other material that drains freely off the surface of something 26 the process of soil gradually wearing away by wind, water, or other natural agents 29 the process of reclaiming and reusing raw materials 31 pollutants that are released into the air 32 Polluted liquid produced by water passing through and dissolving chemicals from buried wastes in a landfill 34 A form of Oxygen that has three oxygen atoms in each molecule instead of the usual two; toxic to organisms where it forms near Earth’s surface WORD BANK: ACIDRAIN, BIODEGRADABLE, BIODIVERSITY, BIOSPHERE, CLIMATECHANGE, CONSERVATION, DESERTIFICATION, DROUGHT, ECOLOGICALFOOTPRINT, EMISSIONS, FERTILIZER, GREENHOUSEEFFECT, GREENHOUSEGAS, GROUNDWATER, HAZARDOUSWASTE, HERBICIDES, HYDROLOGICCYCLE, LANDFILL, LANDRECLAMATION, LEACHATE, MUNICIPALSOLIDWASTE, NATURALRESOURCE, NON-POINTSOURCE, NONRENEWABLERESOURCE, OZONE, PESTICIDES, POINTSOURCE, POLLUTANT, RECYCLING, RENEWABLERESOURCE, RUN-OFF, SEDIMENT, SEWAGE, SMOG, SOILEROSION, SUSTAINABLEUSE Human Impact Vocabulary 1 P O 2 B I O S P N 7 T C 8 9 H B S L E I O I R O U M 14 B I O D E G R A D A I I C T C V E E I E C 18 19 D R F H E S E A 20 S I G R E E N T T G Y I E L I Z E R 3 H E R E 5 N 10 A C I 12 S E W A G B L E 17 S U S T A I N A Z A R D O U S W 21 H O U S E G A S E D I M E N T 29 R E C Y C L I N 35 G L A N D R E C L A M A T I O N 4 E T U R A L R E S O U R C O R A I N L 11 N O N - P O 13 P G 15 O D E S E R T I L C B L E U S E A U L S T E F A O 22 N R O T E T 23 M U N I C I P 24 R E R U W I 25 C O N S E R V A T I O N B T 27 S M O G L F E 30 F G R E E N H 31 E E M S 33 I H Y D R O L O G I S U S R I C R O U N D W A T E R 36 N D S E 6 P E S I N T S O U R C E I F I C A T I O N I D E S A L S O L I 28 L A N D O U S E E F 32 L C C Y C L E A C 34 O H Z A R O U G H T N E E 16 N O N R E N D W A S T E W A 26 S B O L F I L L E L R F E C T E R S O O S U I R O C N E
