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Crossword – Ecosystem Services

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Test your knowledge on ecosystems, vegetation, and erosion.

Crossword – Ecosystem Services

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Ecosystem Services - Vol. 12 No. 1

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  • aquatic

    (ǝ kwä tik): Growing or living in or often found in water.

  • classification

    (kla sə fə kā shən): Systematic arrangement in groups or categories according to established criteria.

  • collaboration

    (kǝ la bǝ rā shǝn): The act of working together.

  • conservation

    (kän(t) sər vā shən): A careful preservation and protection of something, especially planned management of a natural resource to prevent exploitation, destruction, or neglect.

  • data

    (dā tǝ or da tǝ): Factual information (such as measurements or statistics) used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation.

  • diverse

    (dī vǝrs): Differing from one another.

  • ecosystem

    (ē kō sis tǝm): A system made up of an ecological community of living things interacting with their environment especially under natural conditions.

  • erosion

    (i rō zhǝn): The process of deteriorating or disappearing by wearing away.

  • floodplain

    (fləd plān): Flat land area next to a stream or river.

  • management

    (ma nij mǝnt): The conducting or supervising of something.

  • metamorphosis

    (me tǝ mȯr fǝ sǝs): The process of basic and usually rather sudden change in the form and habits of some animals during transformation from an immature stage (as a tadpole or a caterpillar) to an adult stage (as a frog or a butterfly).

  • migration

    (mi gra shun): The act of moving from one place to another.

  • population

    (pä pyǝ lā shǝn): The total of individuals occupying an area.

  • resilience

    (ri zil yən(t)s): An ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change.

  • species

    (spē sēz or spē shēz): A category of living things that ranks below a genus, is made up of related individuals able to produce fertile offspring, and is identified by a two-part scientific name.

  • sustain

    (sǝ stān): (1) To give support or relief to; (2) to keep up.

  • variable

    (ver ē ə bəl): (1) A factor, trait, or condition that can be changed or controlled; (2) a quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.

  • vegetation

    (ve jǝ tā shǝn): Plant life or total plant cover of an area.

  • waterfowl

    (wȯ tər fau̇(-ə)l): A bird that is found in or near water.

  • wetlands

    (wet landz): Land or areas (such as marshes or swamps) that are covered, often intermittently, with shallow water or have soil saturated with moisture.

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