Weather & Climate Gateway 2 - Mei Zheng

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Across
  1. 3. _______ gas is a cleaner form of energy compared to coal because it does not produce smoke.
  2. 4. The loss of forests due to the removal or clearance of trees in forested areas.
  3. 6. Production of goods and services within a country.
  4. 7. An agreement linked to the United Nations Frsmework Convention on Climate Change, it was first drawn up in _____. (_____ Protocol)
  5. 11. Global _______, the gradual reduction in the amount of sunlight reaching the earth's surface.
  6. 16. Organic compounds that contain carbon, chlorine, and fluorine atoms.
  7. 18. Cooler regions on the sun's surface that appear as dark spots.
  8. 19. ______ fever, caused by a virus transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito.
Down
  1. 1. Energy __________, the use of less energy to provide the same service.
  2. 2. Diseases transmitted to humans or animals by insects. (______-_____ diseases)
  3. 5. Both shortwave and longwave radiation are forms of _______________ radiation, which is a kind of energy that can travel through empty space.
  4. 8. Global _______, the increase in global temperatures over a long period of time.
  5. 9. _____________ factors are factors caused by human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels.
  6. 10. The practice of cultivating land, producing crops and raising livestock.
  7. 12. ______ fuels are formed from dead organic matter that has decomposed over many millions of years.
  8. 13. The process by which an increasing number of people live in urban areas such as cities or towns.
  9. 14. __________ effect, a natural process by which gases in the earth's atmosphere trap longwave radiation emitted from the earth's surface, warming the atmosphere.
  10. 15. Global _______, the decrease in global temperatures over a long period of time.
  11. 16. Efforts made to reduce energy consumption. (Energy ____________)
  12. 17. Greenhouse gases absorb ________ radiation, warming the atmosphere.