Environmental Science Climate Change Crossword!

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  1. 2. These trap heat in Earth's atmosphere. Too many of them can lead to global warming.
  2. 5. The acronym commonly used for "greenhouse gas"
  3. 8. A simple hydrocarbon that is also a greenhouse gas.
  4. 11. _________ is patterns of weather over a long time
  5. 13. A type of gas that we exhale. Burning fossil fuels leads to an excess of it.
  6. 14. Eat less of these to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and better your health.
  7. 15. a natural Earth process that makes it so our planet isn't too cold
Down
  1. 1. The government agency over environmental regulation in the USA. Its acronym is EPA.
  2. 3. This human endeavor for food can lead to greenhouse gas emissions, particularly nitrous oxide and methane
  3. 4. What do we call the changing of the climate, or what global warming is causing?
  4. 6. One of the effects of climate change is to have stronger, more frequent _________ in our area.
  5. 7. Cutting down trees; another source of greenhouse gas emissions
  6. 9. _________ is day to day changes in local atmospheric conditions
  7. 10. Burning these leads to global warming and climate change
  8. 12. Eat more of these to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and better your health.