Unit 3 Vocabulary Crossword

the process of decomposing and recycling organic matter as a fertilizer to enrich soils
using natural areas and wildlife in ways that sustain them for current and future generations of humans and other forms of life
a process that assesses the relationship between the cost of a project and the value of the resulting benefits
the cutting down, or in some way destroying, all the trees in an area
a process where once fertile land becomes a desert as a result of drought, deforestation, or other inappropriate land management practices
the physical material at the surface of the Earth; including grass, trees, concrete, and water
involves the management and modification of natural environment or wilderness into built environment such as fields, pastures, and settlements
setting aside or protecting undisturbed natural areas from human activities
the act of returning an ecological area back to its former condition
taking no more potentially renewable resources from the natural world than can be replenished naturally, and not overloading the capacity of the environment to cleanse and renew itself through natural processes
an uncontrolled expansion of urban areas
the collection, transportation, disposal, processing, managing and monitoring of waste materials; generally done to reduce the effects of waste of the health of organisms or the environment