Climate Change
Across
- 2. type of greenhouse gases released by human activity
- 5. type of carbon used by plants in photosynthesis
- 6. volcano that erupted in indonesia causing snow to fall in june in north america
- 7. animal population expected to decline by two-thirds by 2050
- 8. planet with a thin atmosphere and no greenhouse effect
- 11. what will occur from ocean levels rising and intrusion of ocean water?
- 12. process in which plants convert carbon dioxide into oxygen
- 15. darker areas on the suns surface
- 16. main proxy
- 17. the thin layer of gases that surround the earth
- 19. period of time where the earths overall surface temp is lowered enough for glaciers to form
Down
- 1. frozen seawater that floats on the oceans surface
- 3. an underwater current fueled by the mixing of warm and cold salt water
- 4. a very dry and less dense layer above the troposphere
- 9. gas released from volcanic eruptions
- 10. permanent layers of ice covering a tract of land
- 12. indirect measurements
- 13. what is increasing worldwide due to melting ice sheets and thermal expansion?
- 14. land and ocean surface temps have done what since the industrial revolution?
- 18. is climate change real?