Conditions for life on Earth

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Across
  1. 2. preserved physical characteristics of the environment that stand in for direct measurements
  2. 7. what protects us from solar radiation
  3. 8. Soo we get the right amount of light
  4. 11. the type of feedback mechanism that increases the effect of the original effect
  5. 13. the amount of the suns energy that’s reaching the earth at a particular time
  6. 18. where the magnetic feild off earth is generated from
  7. 20. type of bacteria that produced the first oxygen via photosynthesis
  8. 21. a disadvantage of using ice cores
  9. 22. isotopes looked at in ice cores include oxygen-___ and oxygen-18
Down
  1. 1. the main protection against the sun’s UV
  2. 3. the reflectivity of a surface
  3. 4. the reason we have seasons
  4. 5. why the earth can support an atmosphere
  5. 6. bacteria that live deep under the ocean and use chemosynthesis rather than photosynthesis
  6. 9. means that days and nights aren’t too long or short
  7. 10. this caught in the ice of glaciers can tell us when volcanoes erupted
  8. 12. the type of feedback mechanism that cancels out the effect of the original effect
  9. 14. what a high atmospheric pressure allows earth to have
  10. 15. the area where the earth lies that is just right for life to form
  11. 16. study of tree rings to find out the climate of an certain era
  12. 17. the higher the mass of a planet, the greater the ___
  13. 19. the plant and animal life of a particular region or period