Climate change crossword
Across
- 2. shape of orbit around the sun, tilt of earth axis, wobbling of earth axis
- 4. when Carbon dioxide levels are the highest
- 5. the earth was mostly carbon dioxide and nitrogen
- 7. glaciers growing and advancing
- 9. very dry and less dense than the troposphere
- 11. under water current fueled by the mixing of warm and cold salt water
- 12. located on land
- 13. when carbon dioxide levels are the lowest
- 14. located in the ocean
- 15. increasing due to melting ice
- 17. when a hemisphere is facing the sun half of the incoming solar radiation passes through the atmosphere
Down
- 1. water expands as it warms
- 3. contains the air we breathe and every aspect of what we call weather
- 6. thin layer of gas that surrounds the earth
- 8. proxy that is used to measure the past atmosphere of earth
- 10. releases sulfur dioxide and particulates that scatter solar radiation
- 16. surface temperature is lowered so glaciers form