Chemistry Vocabulary
Across
- 2. Something that can absorb heat and store heat
- 4. A natural process in which certain gases in Earth’s atmosphere absorb heat from the Sun as well as heat radiated from Earth’s surface
- 7. A computer program that uses mathematical equations to help scientist understand and estimate changes in Earth’s climate
- 8. A process that absorbs and stores carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
- 10. Water in all its different forms of Earth
Down
- 1. The total amount of greenhouse gas emissions caused by an individual, company, or organization
- 3. Causes by humans
- 4. What the weather would be like without human interference
- 5. The circular motion that happens when warmer air or liquid — which has faster moving molecules, making it less dense — rises, while the cooler air or liquid drops down.
- 6. The pattern of weather conditions within a region over a long period of time
- 7. A natural process in which certain gases in Earth’s atmosphere absorb heat from the Sun as well as heat radiated from Earth’s surface
- 9. The layer if gases above Earths surface; helps to moderate (even out) temperature so that are not too extreme; transfers heat around the globe