Earth's Changing Climate

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Across
  1. 4. warming, increase in the average temperature of the Earth's air and oceans.
  2. 5. gas, gas produced by animals during respiration and used by plants during photosynthesis.
  3. 6. organisms that grow, move voluntarily, acquired a burger, and can respond.
  4. 7. no longer existing
  5. 9. dark, solid fossil fuel mined from the earth.
  6. 12. to adjust to new surroundings or a new situation
  7. 13. rocky debris from space that enters Earth's atmosphere. Also called a shooting star or falling star.
  8. 14. imaginary line around the Earth, another planet,
Down
  1. 1. area of land that receives no more than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of precipitation a year.
  2. 2. very large, extinct reptile chiefly from 251 million to 65 million years ago.
  3. 3. all weather conditions for a given location over a period of time.
  4. 8. Age, long period of cold climate where glaciers cover large parts of the Earth. The last ice age peaked about 20,000 years ago
  5. 10. layers of gases surrounding a planet
  6. 11. Environment where an organism lives throughout the year or for shorter periods of time.