Across
- 2. A loop where warming causes more warming (like melting ice).
- 4. A period or process related to factories and machines, often linked with rising pollution.
- 6. A type of fuel (like coal or oil) that releases CO₂ when burned.
- 10. A measure of how much sunlight a surface reflects.
- 13. Man-made chemicals that damage the ozone layer and trap heat.
- 14. A powerful greenhouse gas released by farming and garbage.
- 16. The average weather over a long time in one area.
- 18. Day-to-day conditions like sun, rain, or wind.
- 19. Huge sheets of ice that melt and raise sea levels.
Down
- 1. The average height of the ocean, which rises as ice melts.
- 3. Gases released into the air by cars, factories, or burning fuels.
- 5. The “CO₂” part of carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas.
- 7. A key part of carbon dioxide, a gas that causes global warming.
- 8. To take in energy or heat, like gases absorbing infrared.
- 9. The process where gases trap heat around Earth, keeping it warm.
- 11. To bounce energy away, like ice or clouds can do with sunlight.
- 12. Energy from Earth or the Sun that travels in waves.
- 15. When ice turns to water, often because of warming.
- 17. A type of heat energy that Earth gives off into the atmosphere.
- 20. Short for carbon dioxide, a main cause of climate change.