Energy & The Environment

1. Describes the conditions outside right now in a specific place.
4. A greenhouse gas that works to trap heat close to Earth.
6. Change that refers to the average long-term changes to the environment over the entire Earth.
7. Essential for life on Earth
9. Occurs when a city experiences much warmer temperatures than nearby rural areas.

2. Caused by solid and liquid particles and certain gases that are suspended in the air.
3. Made from decomposing plants and animals, found in the Earth's crust, and contain carbon and hydrogen, which can be burned for energy.
4. Describes the weather conditions that are expected in a region at a particular time of year.
5. Describes a change in the average conditions, such as temperature and rainfall, in a region over a long period of time.
6. A process that occurs when gases in Earth's atmosphere trap the Sun's heat.
8. An element that living things on Earth contain.
10. forms of energy that are naturally replenished and many have endless sources such as sunlight, wind, water and geothermal heat.