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