Across
- 1. major component of many minerals such as limestone
- 4. outermost layer of the Earth that is comprised of soil
- 8. compound necessary for plant cells to perform photosynthesis
- 9. bad source of carbon for climate change(2 words)
- 11. natural cause of greenhouse gases
- 12. chemical that undergoes nitrification
- 15. to isolate or hide away - done with carbon via photosynthesis
- 16. planet that has 154,000 times as much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as Earth
- 17. Can also be coined the zone of life on Earth
- 19. Consists of 5 layers - troposphere is one of them
Down
- 1. Humans and animals breathe this out (2 words)
- 2. short for a group of 1300 independent scientific experts that have investigated greenhouse gas increases
- 3. famous volcanic eruption that buried Pompeii
- 5. scientific name for the solid parts of a planet
- 6. CO2 built-up and stored in our atmosphere acts as an insulator causing this (2 words)
- 7. Plants do this to take in carbon dioxide
- 8. short-form for chlorofluorocarbons
- 10. name of event that took place at Lake Nyos in 1986 (2 words)
- 13. part of a plant that's made of water
- 14. name given to the act of breathing
- 18. culprit in cow burps, farts and poops that contributes to global warming