Human Impacts on Earth's Climate
Across
- 1. energy sources that cannot be replaced in our lifetime once they are used up.
- 7. a colorless, tasteless, odorless gas that is naturally present in Earth’s
- 8. natural energy sources that never run out.
- 9. are NON-RENEWABLE resources like coal, oil, and natural gas from the remains of ancient plants and animals that died millions of years ago.
- 10. the continuous, circular movement of fluids (liquids or gases) caused by density differences resulting from temperature variations
- 11. long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns, primarily driven by human activities like burning fossil fuels (coal, oil, and gas) since the 1800s
- 12. happens when the environment is contaminated, or dirtied, by waste, chemicals, and other harmful substances.
Down
- 2. an imaginary line around the middle of a planet and divides the planet into a northern hemisphere and a southern hemisphere.
- 3. gases that trap heat in the atmosphere
- 4. a colorless, odorless, and highly flammable greenhouse gas
- 5. the long-term average of weather patterns in a specific area, typically calculated over 30 years or more.
- 6. is the clearing of forests, which has a major impact on the climate.
- 7. the curving of the path of objects or fluids due to the Earth’s rotation