May Climate Change: Chapter 7-9 Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. SINK A reservoir, such as an ocean or a forest, that absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and stores the carbon in another form.
  2. 3. NINO A recurring change in the Pacific winds and ocean currents that brings warm, moist air to the west coast of South America.
  3. 5. ENERGY The energy present in the motion of particles at a particular temperature.
  4. 6. TECTONICS The theory explaining the slow movement of the large plates of Earth’s crust.
  5. 8. AGE A time in Earth’s history when Earth is colder and much of the planet is covered in ice.
  6. 9. DRIFT The theory that Earth’s continents used to be one supercontinent named Pangaea.
  7. 11. Resulting from a human influence.
  8. 15. The part of the climate system that includes all water on and around Earth.
  9. 17. The part of the climate system made up of the solid rock, soil, and minerals of Earth’s crust.
  10. 19. RADIATION A form of invisible lower-energy radiation.
  11. 21. RADIATION A form of invisible higher-energy radiation.
  12. 22. The layers of gases surrounding Earth.
  13. 24. An aqueous solution that conducts electricity, tastes sour, turn blue litmus paper red, and neutralizes bases.
Down
  1. 2. Neither acidic nor basic; with a pH of 7.
  2. 4. GASES Any gas in the atmosphere that absorbs lower energy infrared radiation.
  3. 7. Atmospheric conditions, including temperature, precipitation, wind, and humidity, in a particular location over a short period of time, such as a day or a week.
  4. 9. SYSTEM The complex set of components interact with each other to produce Earth’s climate.
  5. 10. REACTION A chemical reaction in which an acid and a base react to form an ionic compound (a salt) and water. The resulting pH is closer to 7.
  6. 12. SCALE: A numerical scale ranging from 0-14 that is used to compare the acidity of solutions.
  7. 13. CURRENT A circular current in air and other fluids caused by the rising of warm fluid as cold fluid sinks.
  8. 14. EFFECT A natural process whereby gases and clouds absorb infrared radiation emitted from Earth’s surface and radiate it, heating the atmosphere and Earth’s surface.
  9. 16. An aqueous solution that conducts electricity and turns red litmus blue.
  10. 18. A measure of how acidic or basic a solution is.
  11. 20. LEACHING The process of removing heavy metals from contaminated soils by adding an acid solution to the soil and catching the solution that drains through.
  12. 22. INDICATORS: A substance that changes colour depending on whether it is in an acid or a base
  13. 23. PRECIPITATION Any precipitation with a pH less than the normal pH of rain, which is approximately 5.6.