Climate Change

4. / Comes from sources that will run out or will not be replenished for thousands or even millions of years.
6. / Sources formed from the remains of living organisms that were buried millions of years ago.
7. / The measured amount of heat in a place or in the body.
8. / A dark-colored rock like a fossil fuel that can be burned to create energy.
10. / The place in the environment where a plant or animal lives.
15. / Energy generated by the sun that is filtered by the atmosphere.
18. / A natural community of plants, animals, and other organisms and the physical environment in which they live and interact.
19. / Occurs when there is “too much” of the greenhouse effect.
20. / A gas that is produced when plants, animals, and garbage decay. It is produced naturally and is the most abundant greenhouse gas.

1. / A type of invisible radiation that is released by the sun that can cause sunburn and sometimes skin cancer and eye damage.
2. / The total amount of greenhouse gases released by a person, family, building, organization, or company each year.
3. / Comes from natural resources, such as sunlight, wind, waves, and geothermal heat.
5. / Materials that are organic, from above and below ground, for example, trees, crops, grasses, tree litter, roots, and animals and animal waste.
9. / The primary greenhouse gas and driver of climate change.
11. / When a plant or animal species dies out.
12. / These gases cause heat to be trapped in the atmosphere.
13. / A chemical compound found in the Earth’s atmosphere.
14. / A dark-colored liquid found deep in the Earth that can help to make gasoline, diesel, asphalt, and plastics. Is a type of fossil fuel.
16. / A Mixture of gases, such as nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide, that surrounds the Earth.
17. / It is found in the Earth that is a type of fossil fuel.