The Atmosphere
Across
- 2. Meteors burn up in this layer.
- 4. The ozone layer protects us from the sun's _______ rays.
- 6. This type of smog is produced when soot combines with Sulphur compounds and water in the air.
- 8. These type of air pollutants can be caused from volcanic eruptions, dust storms, wildfires.
- 12. The thin layer of gases that surrounds. Earth.
- 13. This device in motor vehicles that reduce the amount of air pollutants in emissions.
- 15. The transfer of heat energy by currents. Either within a flued or circulating air.
- 16. The release of damaging materials into the atmosphere.
- 18. Instruments used to measure air pressure.
- 19. This layer contains the ozone layer.
- 20. An unhealthy mixture of air pollutants that may form over cities and nearby areas.
Down
- 1. Carbon-containing fuels that formed millions of years ago from the remains of living things.
- 3. A family of chemical compounds containing chlorine, fluorine, and carbon.
- 5. This layer is home to the International Space Station.
- 7. The transfer of heat directly between two objects that are in contact with one another.
- 9. The transfer of heat energy through empty space.
- 10. This treaty called for major cuts in CFC manufacture.
- 11. Most weather occurs in this layer of the atmosphere.
- 14. This removes pollutants or changes them chemically before they leave the factory smokestacks.
- 17. The boundary between air masses that differ in temperature and moisture.