Feedback Loops

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Across
  1. 2. A power, heat-trapping gas released in nature.
  2. 3. A high-altitude of fast moving air that shapes weather.
  3. 4. A part of the year with little rain.
  4. 6. The holding of carbon by objects in nature.
  5. 8. When frozen soil warms enough to soften.
  6. 9. The chance of an object in nature causing a wildfire.
  7. 11. The reduction in snow that helps to cool the planet.
  8. 12. An area that absorbs more carbon than it emits.
  9. 13. A gas released into the atmosphere by evaporated water.
Down
  1. 1. When the Earth's surface takes in sunlight and converts it into heat.
  2. 4. When objects in nature are weakened from droughts.
  3. 5. The release of stored carbon into the atmosphere.
  4. 7. An increase in temperatures over time.
  5. 10. The moment when a system suddenly goes into a new state.
  6. 12. A layer of clouds that help to keep the Earth cool.