Climate Change
Across
- 4. Fossil fuel derived from deep underground
- 7. Essential gas for life produced by plants during photosynthesis
- 8. Process by which green plants use sunlight to synthesize food
- 9. Heat, Increased temperatures in urban areas due to human activities
- 11. Uncontrolled burning of vegetation causing widespread destruction
- 12. Long-term pattern of temperature, humidity, and other atmospheric conditions
- 13. Powerful greenhouse gas released during livestock digestion and rice cultivation
- 16. Short-term atmospheric conditions in a specific location
- 17. Extended period of abnormally low precipitation causing water scarcity
- 18. Dioxide, The primary greenhouse gas released during the burning of fossil fuels
- 19. What are largely responsible for climate change
Down
- 1. the layers of gases surrounding a planet or other celestial body
- 2. Due to decreased biodiversity _________ are more likely to infect animals
- 3. Overflowing of water onto normally dry land
- 5. Contamination of air, water, or soil with harmful substances
- 6. Large-scale removal of trees leading to environmental imbalance
- 10. measured in Celsius and Fahrenheit
- 14. Strong tropical cyclone with winds exceeding 74 mph
- 15. Effect, the trapping of earth's heat at or near the surface