Across
- 6. a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere
- 7. the number of live births per thousand of population per year
- 9. a cooling of the water in the equatorial Pacific, which occurs at irregular intervals, and is associated with widespread changes in weather patterns
- 10. the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism
- 12. the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth
- 16. an irregularly occurring and complex series of climatic changes affecting the equatorial Pacific region and beyond every few years
- 17. the ratio between the number of live births in a year and the whole female population of childbearing age
- 18. the ratio of deaths to the population of a particular are
- 20. any of a class of compounds of carbon, hydrogen, chlorine, and fluorine, typically gases used in refrigerants
- 21. a colorless unstable toxic gas with a pungent odor and powerful oxidizing properties
- 22. surface runoff of rainwater created by urbanization
- 23. the action of clearing a wide area of trees
- 24. weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period
- 25. fog or haze combined with smoke and other atmospheric pollutants
Down
- 1. the process of making an area more urban
- 2. system that causes a noticeable change in output or another measure of a type of system
- 3. the number or quantity of people or things that can be conveyed
- 4. any of the almost spherical concentric regions of matter that make up the earth and its atmosphere
- 5. a substance that pollutes something, especially water or the atmosphere
- 8. the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
- 11. moving permanitly to one place
- 13. all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country
- 14. (of a substance or object) capable of being decomposed by bacteria or other living organism
- 15. human-created underwater structure, typically built to promote marine life in areas with a generally featureless bottom
- 19. the act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another
