Climate Change By Michelle Watt

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Across
  1. 3. A reservoir, such as the ocean, that absorbs and stores thermal energy is known as a ____ sink
  2. 5. The continuous flow of water around the world’s oceans driven by differences in water temperatures and salinity is called ____________ circulation
  3. 10. A time in Earth’s history when Earth is colder and much of the planet is covered in ice is called an ______
  4. 12. A form of invisible higher-energy radiation
  5. 15. The theory that the Earth’s continents used to be one supercontinent named Pangea is called ___________ drift
  6. 16. The greenhouse ______ is a natural process whereby gases and clouds absorb infrared radiation emitted from the earth’s surface and radiate it heating the atmosphere and Earth’s surface
  7. 17. A process in which the result acts to influence the original process is called a ________ loop
  8. 20. Climate ______ is the complex set of components that interact with each other to produce earth’s climate
Down
  1. 1. The part of the climate system that includes all water on and around Earth
  2. 2. The energy present in the motion of particles at a particular temperature is known as _______ energy
  3. 4. The layers of gases surrounding the Earth
  4. 6. A time between ice ages when Earth warms up is called an ____________ period
  5. 7. Atmospheric conditions, including temperature, precipitation, wind and humidity, in a particular location over a short period of time, such as a day or week
  6. 8. The average of the weather in a region over a long period of time
  7. 9. The part of the climate system made up of the solid rock, soil and minerals of the Earth’s crust
  8. 11. A __________ current is a circular current in air and other fluids caused by the rising warm fluid as a cold fluid sinks
  9. 13. A form of invisible lower-energy radiation
  10. 14. Plate _________ is the theory explaining the slow movement of the large plates of the Earth’s crust
  11. 18. A reservoir, such as an ocean or forest, that absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and stores the carbon in another form is known as a ______ sink
  12. 19. A greenhouse ___ is any gas in the atmosphere that absorbs lower-energy infrared radiation