Across
- 1. urban heat island (area that's hotter than the surrounding rural areas because cities are made up of buildings, roads, and parking lots that absorb and re-emit the sun's heat more than natural landscapes.
- 6. protective boundary between outer space and the biosphere that allows for all life to exist on Earth’s surface.
- 7. Russian Refreshing & Nutritious Traditional Drink
- 9. fraction of light radiation reflected by a surface such as the moon, earth, or a cloud.
- 10. incoming solar radiation
- 11. gasses held around planet earth by gravity, filtering what is allowed in and out.
- 13. the height of a geographic location or feature above or below sea level.
- 15. ozone layer that protects life on Earth from the sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation
- 16. a measure of how much a region's climate is affected by its distance from oceans and oceanic air
Down
- 2. a line on a map of the earth's surface connecting points having the same temperature at a given time.
- 3. light energy radiated in the form of waves or particles.
- 4. nearness or closeness.
- 5. distance between the equator and a point north or south on the earth's surface. measured in degrees.
- 8. lets insolation in, but does not allow warm air trapped inside to escape.
- 12. a vast Russian province encompassing most of Northern Asia.
- 14. fairness and justice
