Climate Change Terminology

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Across
  1. 3. a scientific forecast of future climate based on observation and computer models
  2. 5. resulting from a human influence
  3. 7. a natural process whereby gases and clouds absorb infrared radiation emitted from Earth's surface and radiate it, heating the atmosphere and Earth's surface
  4. 10. the increase in the volume of matter as its temperature increases
  5. 11. a form of invisible higher-energy radiation
  6. 14. atmospheric conditions including temperature, precipitation, wind, and humidity, in a particular location over a short period of time
  7. 15. a circular current in air and other fluids caused by the rising of warm fluid as cold fluid sinks
  8. 18. a graphical representation of current and future climate data from a specific location climate system: the complex set of components that interact with each other to produce Earth's climate
  9. 22. any gas in the atmosphere that absorbs lower-energy infrared radiation
  10. 24. a source of energy that produces no significant greenhouse gases
Down
  1. 1. stores of information in tree rings, ice cores, and fossils that can be measured to give clues to what that climate was like in the past
  2. 2. a form of invisible lower-energy radiation
  3. 4. a plan within the United Nations for controlling greenhouse gas emissions
  4. 6. a reservoir, such as the ocean, that absorbs and stores thermal energy
  5. 8. the part of the climate system made up of solid rock, soil, and minerals of the Earth's crust
  6. 9. a time in the Earth's history when Earth is colder and much of the planet is covered in ice
  7. 12. a time between ice ages and when the Earth warms up
  8. 13. the energy present in the motion of particles at a particular temperature
  9. 16. the layers of gasses surrounding Earth
  10. 17. the average of the weather in a region over a long period of time
  11. 19. a reservoir, such as an ocean forest, that absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and stores the carbon in another form
  12. 20. a recurring change int he Pacific winds and ocean currents that brings warm, moist air to the west coast of South America
  13. 21. a measure of how much of the Sun's radiation is reflected by a surface
  14. 23. the part of the climate system that includes all water on and around Earth