Chapter 7: Being a Responsible Consumer

Across

1. Any significant change in measures—such as temperatures, precipitation, and wind—of the Earth's climate lasting for an extended period of time.
4. Repayment of a product's purchase price.
6. Materials that are reprocessed resources and are reused in a different form.
9. All of the living and nonliving things existing in a particular environment.
10. A written statement provided by a manufacturer that guarantees a product is in good condition.
11. System that is used for moving large numbers of people on buses, trains, or subways.
13. Looking at competing brands and models of a product in several stores to compare quality, features, and prices before buying.
14. To substitute one item for another.
15. To correct something that is wrong.
16. How plants turn carbon dioxide into oxygen.

Down

1. To use carefully in order to prevent loss or waste of resources.
2. A person who buys or uses goods and services.
3. A paid public announcement about goods, services, or ideas for sale.
5. Resources formed by the decomposition of animals many millions of years ago and contain large amounts of carbon. They include coal, petroleum (oil), and natural gas.
7. Places where trash is compacted and buried underground.
8. The natural breakdown of organic, or biodegradable, material.
12. To publicly express support or approval.