EARTH DAY FUN & GAMES WORD SEARCH
CROSSWORD
Find each of the listed words in the diagram. Look forward, backward, horizontally, vertically and diagonally and circle each word as you find it
Use logic to paint a picture inspired by today’s theme. The clue numbers at each column and each row correspond to the number of blocks that should be filled in, in sequence. There will be at least one empty block between the filled-in runs. So, if you see “2 1,” that tells you that in the corresponding row or column, there will be a run of two black squares, followed by at least one white square, followed by a single black square. There may be more white squares before or after this sequence.
Activism Agriculture Alternatives Awareness Biodegradable Clean Climate Composting Conservation Deforestation Earth
Activism Agriculture Alternatives Awareness Biodegradable Clean Climate
10 Where —
5 Advocate for Mother Earth, perhaps Ecology
11 Mother of modern environmentalism
6 Moving account of the day’s Ecosystem events
13 In — days
7 Motor part
14 Gut-level
8 Mild temperatures Environment
Habitat
21 Public square
Litter 22 Forest Service pioneer — Leopold
Mother Nature
Sea life
Oceans
Solar
Organic
Sustainability
Planet
Trees
Plastics
Volunteer
Pollution
Waste
Preserve
Wetlands
Protect
Wildlife
As a two-term governor of Wisconsin, Nelson was responsible for focusing his state’s environmental policy, establishing a Department of Resource Development, a Youth Conservation Corps and earnmarking $50 million to convert land to parks and wilderness areas — earning him the nickname the “Conservation Governor.”
Rainforest
World
Earth Day went global in 1990, and it’s now celebrated in over 190 countries, with an estimated 1 billion people the world over participating each year.
Reuse
J I U S V N W T I I E R U W Q T E N R Y P O M X M
O L L X I A X N P H N B Y L I D M N S O L A R K S
E I T C J C F P N R Q K I V T E A E S G W M R B P
C T U U Y O I N E D E T I O N T L T N M X E Z R R
I Y R M R E A D W A T S H T I L I H I E N P F Y O
G W E E P E U M M E M R E V K N O F K D R I M R T
W X S F D C P B R F J U E R G B E C O L O G Y Z E
Y T O C E A N S N P A S R U V S O Y M V W M Y H C
D E F O R E S T A T I O N O S E O U Z S B Y J Z T
L A E W I L D L I F E A W A R E N E S S C L E A N
WORD STAR Word Star puzzles are a style of anagram challenge, and if you solve them correctly, you’ll draw a star in the middle of the circle. The solution is a word or phrase. The first letter in your solution word is in a random position. The tricky part is determining the first letter. Once you select a starting letter, you must select one of the two lines to follow toward the second letter, from there you follow the single path of the line. If your path does not generate a word, start over with another path or another starting letter. To complete the star, you can draw the final line from the last letter to the original starting lettter.
Recycle Reduce Renewable Resources
J I U S V N W T I I E R U W Q T E N R Y P O M X M
O L L X I A X N P H N B Y L I D M N S O L A R K S
E I T C J C F P N R Q K I V T E A E S G W M R B P
C T U U Y O I N E D E T I O N T L T N M X E Z R R
I Y R M R E A D W A T S H T I L I H I E N P F Y O
G W E E P E U M M E M R E V K N O F K D R I M R T
W X S F D C P B R F J U E R G B E C O L O G Y Z E
Y T O C E A N S N P A S R U V S O Y M V W M Y H C
D E F O R E S T A T I O N O S E O U Z S B Y J Z T
L A E W I L D L I F E A W A R E N E S S C L E A N
Earth Day is assigned a different theme or focus each year and this year’s theme is “Invest In Our Planet.”
G B C L I M A T E A E R O D S R C L O E S M F U W
G B C L I M A T E A E R O D S R C L O E S M F U W
Earth Day first came into being on April 22, 1970, the brainchild of Wisconsin Governor Gaylord Nelson.
W A I M E B B G D X R I L T Z C K A C R T K O P Z
W A I M E B B G D X R I L T Z C K A C R T K O P Z
EARTH DAY IS APRIL 22
D N R H T J Q S R L G Z P F W I I V D Y I L R C E
D N R H T J Q S R L G Z P F W I I V D Y I L R C E
Every year, between 9 and 12 million metric tons of plastic waste is dumped into the ocean — around 17 tons every minute.
L I G E S O X E T O H S H F M A X T Q E C V A X L
L I G E S O X E T O H S H F M A X T Q E C V A X L
26 Knox Jolie-Pitt, to Bono
19 Doorway overhang
C A A S A V J C P O L L U T I O N Q S P N E N J B
C A A S A V J C P O L L U T I O N Q S P N E N J B
25 Not curvy
16 Time magazine’s 2019 Person of the Year Green
H T R S W H K R S O S B M O T H E R N A T U R E A
H T R S W H K R S O S B M O T H E R N A T U R E A
9 to 12 MILLION METRIC TONS
24 Monograms, e.g.
Global
W S T X D R E U U B F V E Q U F L R K B L S E K D
W S T X D R E U U B F V E Q U F L R K B L S E K D
Amount of solid trash (food waste, paper, etc.) the average American generated daily in 2018, up from 3.7 pounds per day in 1980.
23 False front
15 She gets the worm
Z U L A Y T C O N S E R V A T I O N U H D P E U A
Z U L A Y T C O N S E R V A T I O N U H D P E U A
20 Sailor’s staircase
12 Apt adjective for a peacock spider? Fossil fuels
X S W A T F O S S I L F U E L S H W Z N Q E T H R
X S W A T F O S S I L F U E L S H W Z N Q E T H R
18 Antagonize others, online
Energy
E K O U B I K E F M X Z T F D T H F A N F U N S G
E K O U B I K E F M X Z T F D T H F A N F U N S G
17 Box office success
4.9 POUNDS
4 Poisonous Earth shrubs
V A N R A O B R H Z W W D R R X F L S I U L U T E
V A N R A O B R H Z W W D R R X F L S I U L U T E
9 Prime example
Deforestation
3 Beginner woodwind instruments
E V E Z S P L A N E T L Z A J Y T K L E R O L Y D
E V E Z S P L A N E T L Z A J Y T K L E R O L Y D
5 U.S. house of laws
Conservation
2 No. 2, in plastics, for short
K M T Z K B L G H A R D E G H E R A M L E T O N O
Reuse Sea life Solar Sustainability Trees Volunteer Waste Wetlands Wildlife World
K M T Z K B L G H A R D E G H E R A M L E T O N O
1 Singing group
DOWN
G M W V L A O I B O E L O C W Z E I M V Y R V Z I
Organic Planet Plastics Pollution Preserve Protect Rainforest Recycle Reduce Renewable Resources
G M W V L A O I B O E L O C W Z E I M V Y R V Z I
ACROSS
Composting
A N I S R E N E W A B L E C O S Y S T E M D T E B
Ecology Ecosystem Energy Environment Fossil fuels Global Green Habitat Litter Mother Nature Oceans
A N I S R E N E W A B L E C O S Y S T E M D T E B
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