Climate
Across
- 3. can block, reflect, or capture heat
- 7. a tool that climatologists send into the atmosphere to collect information
- 12. what carries warm and cool air around?
- 13. the idea that gases released by human activity is warming the Earth
- 14. the coldest climates
- 16. the weather found in certain places over a long period of time
- 18. ________ impacts climate by hitting Earth unevenly
- 19. someone who studies climate
Down
- 1. _______ satellites in space that send data to climatologists back on Earth
- 2. many things impact climate including _________ activities
- 4. climate determines what kinds of _______ can live in an area
- 5. can block the movement of air
- 6. climates that are found either north or south of tropical climates
- 8. climates that are found high in the mountains and have hot daytime temperatures and cold nighttime temperatures
- 9. land near a _______ has a milder climate than areas in-land
- 10. the part of the Earth that receives sunlight the most directly and the strongest
- 11. climates that are warm all year round
- 15. the study of climates
- 17. people use information about climate to prepare for natural _______