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CEFR B2 Ecological Restoration

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➡ Across 15 Words

2. Put trees or vegetation back into the soil after damage, past tense of replant
3. The number of individuals of a species in an area
7. The layer of plants below the forest canopy
9. The natural process of change in a community over time
16. Brought a degraded ecosystem back to health, past tense of restore
17. Native to a particular area, often used for plants used in restoration
18. Spreading harmfully into an ecosystem, often removed during restoration
19. A tropical coastal tree with roots in salt water, often replanted
21. The variety of plant and animal life in a habitat
22. Damaged or harmed, describing land that needs restoration
24. The natural home of a species
25. Recovered land or water for nature after industrial use, past tense of reclaim
27. Observed and checked the progress of a restoration site, past tense of monitor
28. A community of living things and their environment
29. A young plant grown from a seed

⬇ Down 15 Words

1. Letting nature take over again to restore biodiversity, present participle of rewild
4. A strip of habitat that connects wildlife populations
5. Flat land near a river that can be restored to reduce flooding
6. Able to be maintained without depleting resources
8. Planting again to cover bare ground with plants, present participle of revegetate
10. Kept an ecosystem healthy over time, past tense of sustain
11. Protected natural resources from harm, past tense of conserve
12. Conjunction: Planting trees ___ shrubs helps restore habitats
13. The ability of an ecosystem to recover from disturbance
14. An area of land that drains into a common body of water
15. Preposition: Microbes live ___ the soil and help plants grow
19. Made the effects of pollution or damage less severe, past tense of mitigate
20. A wetland with accumulated peat, often restored for carbon storage
23. Adverb: ___ all native species were lost before restoration began
26. The wearing away of soil or rock, often controlled by restoration

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