Across
- 1. A gaseous fossil fuel that is found in nature (hint: most of the answer is in the question)
- 7. These living things help remove CO2 from our planet, but we put out too much for them to recycle alone.
- 8. One way to refer to non-fossil fuels is _________ energy.
- 10. Is the phrase used to describe JUST how Earth's average temperature is getting hotter.
- 14. The problem we as humans face is not necessarily that Earth's climate is changing (this happens naturally) but how _______________ it is changing.
- 15. The various types of fuels that put out CO2 emissions are called __________________.
- 16. The main greenhouse gas the causes climate change is _______________.
- 18. As climate change gets worse, so will natural disasters such as ____________ in places like California and Australia.
Down
- 2. The "sphere" of Earth where most emissions end up.
- 3. The gasses that cause climate change are called ____________________, named for the effect they cause on Earth's atmosphere.
- 4. One major cause of climate change is the industry that creates all the _____ we eat.
- 5. One of the ways we look at past climate is observing ___ cores from various places around the world.
- 6. A solid fossil fuel burned in many factories, especially during the Industrial Revolution.
- 9. CO2 _________ are mostly responsible for the current climate change (the word for "something that is put out).
- 11. In the past years, several _____________ have been declared dead as all the ice making them up melts.
- 12. Some places are trying to help fight climate change by allowing only new ___________ cars to be sold after a certain year.
- 13. Is the phrase used to describe how as the Earth's temperature warms, conditions around the world will change.
- 17. A liquid fossil fuel dug up out of the ground and from under oceans.