What is in the Air?
Across
- 2. This is 78% of the earth's atmosphere
- 6. The layer of gases that surrounds a planet or star
- 8. This is 21% of the earth's atmosphere
- 12. A gas in the ATM for which the relative amount stays the same
- 13. An atmospheric gas whose amount changes based on the environment
- 15. This is a variable gas that is increasing in concentration in the ATM
Down
- 1. This traps thermal energy
- 3. This is radiant energy that heats
- 4. This is a process used by plants and algae to make sugar/food out of light, co2, and water
- 5. This is 0.04% of the earth's atmosphere
- 7. This is the most abundant variable gas
- 9. A form of oxygen that forms a thin layer in the stratosphere
- 10. The amount of matter in an object or sample
- 11. This doesn't react easily with other substances
- 14. This is mostly nitrogen, and oxygen with some argon, carbon dioxide, ozone, water vapor, and some other gases