Greenhouse Effect

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Across
  1. 4. – Natural absorber of carbon (like forests).
  2. 10. – Natural process that warms Earth’s surface.
  3. 11. – Earth’s rising average surface temperature.
  4. 13. – Daily atmospheric conditions.
  5. 15. – Coal, oil, and natural gas.
  6. 17. – Gas produced by burning fossil fuels.
  7. 18. – Tree ring science for dating.
  8. 19. – Cylinder of ice used to study past climates.
Down
  1. 1. – Potent greenhouse gas from livestock.
  2. 2. – Gases released into the atmosphere by human activity.
  3. 3. – Sun’s energy reaching Earth.
  4. 5. – Surface reflectivity that affects climate.
  5. 6. – Process that amplifies or reduces change.
  6. 7. – Long-term patterns of temperature and precipitation.
  7. 8. – Permanently frozen ground that stores carbon.
  8. 9. – Removal of forests that increases CO₂.
  9. 11. – Large, slow-moving river of ice.
  10. 12. – Layer that protects Earth from UV rays.
  11. 14. – Long-term shift in global temperatures and weather.
  12. 16. – Result of melting glaciers and warming oceans.