Across
- 2. banned chemical that has 11,000x the heat capacity of CO2
- 6. most abundant gas in the atmosphere
- 8. in the troposphere, the temp. (decreases/increases) with altitude
- 9. layer containing ozone layer
- 11. the biggest cause of the greenhouse effect is what?
- 12. outermost layer of the atmosphere
- 13. chemical formula is CH4
- 15. a (population increase/population decrease/population staying constant) has resulted in more fossil fuels and dangerous gases being released
- 17. heat from Sun gets trapped in Earth's atmosphere and heats up the planet
- 19. hole opened in the ozone layer above which continent?
- 21. without the atmosphere, Earth would be very _ _ _ _.
- 23. removal of trees
- 24. protects us from UV radiation
Down
- 1. layer where Northern Lights take place
- 3. result of the greenhouse effect
- 4. layer with weather & clouds
- 5. layer where meteors burn up
- 7. the atmosphere is never ends, so it is ____.
- 10. burning of these results in dangerous chemicals being released into the atmosphere
- 14. troposphere is the (lightest/densest) layer
- 16. the (jet stream/weather) causes turbulence in the stratosphere
- 18. the 3rd most abundant gas in the atmosphere is (argon/helium)
- 20. released through burning of fossil fuels
- 22. 2nd most abundant gas in atmosphere
