Global Systems
Across
- 5. A term used to describe little change of temperature in the Pacific Ocean, causes droughts in Australia
- 6. The change of state where a liquid forms into a gas
- 9. An energy that is emitted in forms of rays or waves
- 10. The process in which plants use to recycle carbon
- 11. The type of radiation when sun rays bounce off the Earth into space
- 12. The form of something being given off ie. Heat, light, gas etc.
- 14. Another name of the global conveyer belt is the _______ circulation
- 15. A compound with bonding elements of carbon and oxygen
- 16. Layers of soils and rocks that have been frozen in ice sheets, which traps billions of tonnes of Methane
- 19. Another word for the layer of land
- 20. The change of state where gas forms into a liquid
- 21. The process where organisms and plants recycle carbon into the soil and atmosphere
- 23. Sheet An enormous block of frozen water
- 25. An area where living things interact in the same type of environment
- 26. Short-term changes in the temperature on Earth
- 27. Something that can be renewed
- 28. The long-term changes in the temperature and ecosystems on Earth
Down
- 1. An element, usually in the type of a gas that is essential in proteins
- 2. The area on Earth where water, oceans and lakes are found
- 3. The process in which humans clear away the forests in replace of buildings or other needs
- 4. The effect where the sun’s radiation enters through to the atmosphere, making it warmer naturally
- 7. The layer where air surrounds the Earth
- 8. A type of radiation that is longer than light but shorter than radio waves
- 13. Periods between global warming
- 17. An element with a base of carbon which is found in garbage, rice fields, coal mines and natural gas fields
- 18. Fuel A term used to name substances that contain carbon and can be burnt to release carbon into the air
- 22. What all the layers that make up the Earth is called
- 24. Renewable elements that are used as fuels