Climate Change Terminology

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Across
  1. 3. atmospheric conditions including temperature, precipitation, wind, and humidity, in a particular location over a short period of time
  2. 5. a reservoir, such as the ocean, that absorbs and stores thermal energy
  3. 8. a source of energy that produces no significant greenhouse gases
  4. 9. the increase in the volume of matter as its temperature increases
  5. 10. resulting from a human influence
  6. 11. a time between ice ages and when the Earth warms up
  7. 15. a recurring change int he Pacific winds and ocean currents that brings warm, moist air to the west coast of South America
  8. 16. a measure of how much of the Sun's radiation is reflected by a surface
  9. 17. a graphical representation of current and future climate data from a specific location climate system: the complex set of components that interact with each other to produce Earth's climate
  10. 22. a natural process whereby gases and clouds absorb infrared radiation emitted from Earth's surface and radiate it, heating the atmosphere and Earth's surface
  11. 23. the layers of gasses surrounding Earth
Down
  1. 1. any gas in the atmosphere that absorbs lower-energy infrared radiation
  2. 2. the part of the climate system made up of solid rock, soil, and minerals of the Earth's crust
  3. 4. a form of invisible lower-energy radiation
  4. 5. the part of the climate system that includes all water on and around Earth
  5. 6. a form of invisible higher-energy radiation
  6. 7. a circular current in air and other fluids caused by the rising of warm fluid as cold fluid sinks
  7. 12. a scientific forecast of future climate based on observation and computer models
  8. 13. a plan within the United Nations for controlling greenhouse gas emissions
  9. 14. a reservoir, such as an ocean forest, that absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and stores the carbon in another form
  10. 18. the average of the weather in a region over a long period of time
  11. 19. a time in the Earth's history when Earth is colder and much of the planet is covered in ice
  12. 20. stores of information in tree rings, ice cores, and fossils that can be measured to give clues to what that climate was like in the past
  13. 21. the energy present in the motion of particles at a particular temperature