Environmental Crossword
Across
- 3. The natural process that breaks down materials at Earth's surface.
- 5. a Mixture of nitrogen and oxygen and other gases that extends 800 kms above Earth's surface.
- 7. The trend in temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, and precipitation over a period of many years.
- 9. The study of past climates.
- 13. Water droplets found mostly in the troposhpere.
- 14. The lowest layer of the atmosphere, reaching from Earth's surface 0-12 kms above the surface.
- 15. A major geographic region with a particular combination of environmental conditions and life forms.
Down
- 1. a measurement of the quantity of water vapour in the air.
- 2. The clearing of trees from land.
- 4. a change in state from a solid directly to a gas, or from a gas to a solid.
- 6. The conditions of temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, and precipitation at a particular time and place.
- 8. a graphical representation of climate data for a specific region and time period.
- 10. the solid outer layer of Earth's surface, including the crust and the upper part of Earth's mantel.
- 11. any characteristic that enables an organism to better survive and reproduce in an environment.
- 12. The thin layer of air, land, or water on or near Earth's surface that contains all life on Earth.