Global Systems

1. Sheet An enormous block of frozen water
8. Another name of the global conveyer belt is the _______ circulation
9. The process in which humans clear away the forests in replace of buildings or other needs
11. An element with a base of carbon which is found in garbage, rice fields, coal mines and natural gas fields
13. The area on Earth where water, oceans and lakes are found
15. A type of radiation that is longer than light but shorter than radio waves
16. The process in which plants use to recycle carbon
17. The change of state where a liquid forms into a gas
18. Fuel A term used to name substances that contain carbon and can be burnt to release carbon into the air
19. A compound with bonding elements of carbon and oxygen
22. Short-term changes in the temperature on Earth
24. The type of radiation when sun rays bounce off the Earth into space
25. Renewable elements that are used as fuels
26. The process where organisms and plants recycle carbon into the soil and atmosphere
27. The layer where air surrounds the Earth

2. The change of state where gas forms into a liquid
3. An energy that is emitted in forms of rays or waves
4. The long-term changes in the temperature and ecosystems on Earth
5. What all the layers that make up the Earth is called
6. The effect where the sun’s radiation enters through to the atmosphere, making it warmer naturally
7. An element, usually in the type of a gas that is essential in proteins
10. The form of something being given off ie. Heat, light, gas etc.
12. An area where living things interact in the same type of environment
14. Another word for the layer of land
16. Layers of soils and rocks that have been frozen in ice sheets, which traps billions of tonnes of Methane
20. Something that can be renewed
21. Periods between global warming
23. A term used to describe little change of temperature in the Pacific Ocean, causes droughts in Australia