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Precipitation, such as rain, sleet, or snow that contains a high concentration of acids, often because of the pollution of the atmosphere.
The raising of crops and livestock for food or for other products that are useful to humans.
The contamination of the atmosphere by the introduction of pollutants from human and natural resources.
Any natural material that is used by humans.
Pollution that comes from many sources rather than from a single specific cite.
A gas molecule that is made up of three oxygen atoms.
Fine particles that are suspended in the atmosphere and that are associated with air pollution.
The raising of aquatic plants and animals for human use or consumption.
The accumulation of pollutants at successive levels of the food chain.
The process of clearing forests.
A reduction in the number or quantity of something.
A process from removing salt from ocean water.
A statement that the values of two mathematical expressions are equal.
Excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen.
The science or practice of planting, managing, and caring for forests.
Impaired waters means those water bodies or water body segments that are not fully supporting or are partially supporting of the fishable and swimmable goals of the Clean Water Act.
A liquid that has passed through solid waste and has extracted dissolved or suspended materials from that waste, such as pesticides in the soil.
The extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth usually from an orebody, lode, vein, seam, reef or placer deposits.
Pollution that comes from a specific site.
An undesirable change in the natural environment that is caused by the introduction of substances that are harmful to living organisms or by excessive wastes, heat, noise, or radiation.
Describes an area of open land that is often used for farming.
A machine that moves gases through a spray of water that dissolves many pollutants.
Urban air pollution composed of a mixture of smoke and fog produced from industrial pollutants and burning fuels.
The atmospheric condition in which warm air traps cooler air near Earth’s surface.
A temperature increase in a body of water that is caused by human activity and that has a harmful effect on water quality and on the ability of that body of water to support life.
Describes an area that contains a city.
An increase in the ratio or density of people living in urban areas rather than in rural areas.
Water that contains wastes from homes or industry.
Contamination of water by waste matter or other material that is harmful to organisms that are exposed to the water.

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What is a crossword?

Crossword puzzles have been published in newspapers and other publications since 1873. They consist of a grid of squares where the player aims to write words both horizontally and vertically.

Next to the crossword will be a series of questions or clues, which relate to the various rows or lines of boxes in the crossword. The player reads the question or clue, and tries to find a word that answers the question in the same amount of letters as there are boxes in the related crossword row or line.

Some of the words will share letters, so will need to match up with each other. The words can vary in length and complexity, as can the clues.

Who is a crossword suitable for?

The fantastic thing about crosswords is, they are completely flexible for whatever age or reading level you need. You can use many words to create a complex crossword for adults, or just a couple of words for younger children.

Crosswords can use any word you like, big or small, so there are literally countless combinations that you can create for templates. It is easy to customise the template to the age or learning level of your students.

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How do I choose the clues for my crossword?

Once you’ve picked a theme, choose clues that match your students current difficulty level. For younger children, this may be as simple as a question of “What color is the sky?” with an answer of “blue”.

Are crosswords good for students?

Crosswords are a great exercise for students' problem solving and cognitive abilities. Not only do they need to solve a clue and think of the correct answer, but they also have to consider all of the other words in the crossword to make sure the words fit together.

Crosswords are great for building and using vocabulary.

If this is your first time using a crossword with your students, you could create a crossword FAQ template for them to give them the basic instructions.

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Can I create crosswords in other languages?

Crosswords are a fantastic resource for students learning a foreign language as they test their reading, comprehension and writing all at the same time. When learning a new language, this type of test using multiple different skills is great to solidify students' learning.

We have full support for crossword templates in languages such as Spanish, French and Japanese with diacritics including over 100,000 images, so you can create an entire crossword in your target language including all of the titles, and clues.