Greenhouse effect
Across
- 2. Produced by combustion of fossil fuels
- 5. Absorbs ultraviolet radiation
- 9. CO2 dissolves in water to form _____ acid
- 11. Potent greenhouse gas from livestock
- 12. Natural reserves that absorb carbon _____ _____
- 13. The most potent greenhouse gas
- 15. Ocean _____ helps distribute heat around the globe
- 16. Daily atmospheric conditions
- 17. Coal, oil, and natural gas
- 18. Surface reflectivity that affects climate
- 19. Acronym for reporting atmospheric GHG concentration
- 20. ____ sink: natural absorber of carbon (like forests)
- 21. Long term average of atmospheric conditions
Down
- 1. Large, slow-moving river of ice
- 3. Sun’s energy reaching Earth
- 4. Earth's _____ is determined by energy balance
- 6. A natural part of the carbon cycle
- 7. The _____ _____ effect is the process of retaining heat in the atmosphere
- 8. The 11 year cycle of solar activity
- 10. Solar radiation that is absorbed and reradiated
- 14. ______ circulation, or the oceanic conveyor belt