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