Across
- 5. I am a term that describes when new species are introduced into an ecosystem and can disrupt it.
- 9. Long term patterns / averages of: temperature, rain, and extreme weather events.
- 10. Forests and oceans are an example of removing CO2 and storing the carbon in a different form; also called ____.
- 11. Without the greenhouse effect the average temperature on our planet would dramatically _____.
Down
- 1. As the Earth's average temperature increases, ____s will rise.
- 2. As ocean temperatures increase, coral's main food source will die which causes coral to die and turn into this color.
- 3. One of the places that radiation or visible light from the sun can be reflected back to.
- 4. One of the three greenhouse gases that can absorb radiation from our planet.
- 6. Gases and clouds absorb ____ radiation emitted from the Earth's surface.
- 7. Short term changes in: temperature, rain, clouds, and wind from day to day.
- 8. Energy from the sun can either be ____ or reflected.