Our warming planet

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Across
  1. 6. actions such as must be brought in a particular county
  2. 8. is an oxide of nitrogen that is often used in surgery and dentistry for its analgesic and anaesthetic effects
  3. 10. the long-term heating of Earth's climate
  4. 14. is a mass of glacial ice
  5. 15. colourless, odourless gas that occurs abundantly in nature
  6. 18. is a fossil fuel
  7. 19. is the degree of hotness or coldness
  8. 22. he hard fibrous material that forms the main substance of the trunk or branches of a tree
  9. 23. gas that has the property of absorbing infrared radiation
  10. 24. a substance or matter in a state in which it will expand freely to fill the whole of a container
  11. 25. of how much water falls as rain in a certain period of time
Down
  1. 1. the long-term pattern of weather in a particular area
  2. 2. is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power
  3. 3. the temporary conditions of the atmosphere
  4. 4. a black or brownish-black sedimentary rock
  5. 5. Climate change affects our whole planet from it's wildlife to it's weather patterns
  6. 7. a long-term change in the average weather
  7. 9. a viscous liquid derived from petroleum
  8. 11. is the movement of air
  9. 12. the layers of gases surrounding a planet
  10. 13. is a trace gas in the Earth's atmosphere
  11. 16. contains the total emissions for one or more specific greenhouse gases
  12. 17. an internal combustion engine in which heat produced by the compression of air
  13. 20. refers to responsible use and protection of the natural environment
  14. 21. water vapour is the gaseous phase of water