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Across 1. the natural shaking of the earth’s crust 4. Trees enter a dormant state during the winter 7. Gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc., or by using up, wearing out 8. compounds that do not contain carbon 11. A money payment or other form of aid that the government gives to a person or organization. 12. the continuous movement of water between ocean, atmosphere and land 14. Trees stay green year round 15. Warm, wet and multi-layered 18. Broad leaves are shed in winter 19. proportional reflectance of Earth's surface 21. cycling of matter between organisms and parts of the biosphere 24. nonliving, physical features of the environment; air, water, sunlight, soil, temperature, and climate 25. form when hot liquid (magma/lava) cools and hardens 35. using and maintaining resources for future use 37. hot pliable layer surrounding and less dense than the core 38. top layer of soil; rich in nutrients necessary for plant growth 39. development that can be maintained without depleting resources 43. isolated systems increase in entropy; disorderly equilibrium 48. a situation in which there are too many people in a given area 51. the ecological "job and address" of a plant or animal in nature 52. the analyzing of potential effects of doing nothing or of intervening 56. science dealing with the relation of living things to their environment and to each other 57. methods by which humans take care of the soil 58. small particles of decayed plant and animal material found in soil 59. a sudden, terrible event (noun) 60. the thinnest and outermost layer that surrounds the earth 61. Dry, bare ground and some vegetation

Down 2. The atmosphere from Earth's surface to the stratosphere 3. costs carried by 3rd parties(pollution) - someone or something not originally invovled 5. ENSO 6. resources and information from the environment entering a system 9. interior composed of dense, intensely hot metal, generates a magnetic field around earth 10. disaster that struck the US in the 1930s; an area of land suffering from severe erosion Economic: related to buying and selling of goods and services (adjectives) 13. remains of organisms that were buried by sediments and became part of the rock 15. struggle created by community resources, not owned by anyone 16. plant or animal that plays a unique and crucial role in the way an ecosystem functions 17. responsibility for conserving and restoring the Earth's resources for future generations 20. change in condition triggers a response that reverses the changed condition 22. the amount of resources needed by an individual 23. the rate at which energy is produced in an ecosystem 26. Enough rain for plants but not trees 27. have low rates of population growth and are highly industrialized 28. Wet, coastal area with coniferous trees 29. tendency of moving air or water to be deflected from its path; rotational force 30. change in a condition that causes further change in the same direction. 31. states that energy cannot be created or destroyed but can be changed from one form to another 32. a developing country with a low level of industrialization 33. resources that cannot be replaced once they are used 34. minerals that can be used and replaced over a relatively short time period 36. The layer of the atmosphere between the troposphere and the mesosphere 40. A major surface wind that blows more or less continually. 41. A heterotroph that derives its energy from nonliving organic material 42. general term for rapid down-slope movement of soil or rock 44. A circular, prevailing wind that generates circular ocean currents. 45. are seismic sea swells that accompany oceanic and costal landslides and earthquakes 46. made of weathered rock, organic matter, water, and air 47. are the sources of most of the earth's crust 49. system formed by interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment 50. community of living organisms of a single major ecological region 53. Can be either alpine or arctic 54. Pertaining to life; environmental factors created by living organisms 55. when rock layers are cracked