Across
- 2. Lowest atmospheric layer where weather occurs
- 4. VAPOR Most abundant greenhouse gas
- 6. All water on Earth in any form
- 8. Short-term climate event that warms the Pacific
- 11. Energy emitted from the Sun reaching Earth
- 12. Process where a system’s output influences itself
- 14. Loop that reduces or stabilizes changes
- 18. Fraction of sunlight reflected by a surface
- 20. Large masses of ice storing freshwater and affecting albedo
- 21. Major greenhouse gas from human activity
- 22. Powerful greenhouse gas released by agriculture and wetlands
- 24. Day-to-day atmospheric conditions
- 25. Layer of gases surrounding Earth
- 26. How much heat a substance can absorb before warming
- 27. Heat transfer through moving fluids or air
Down
- 1. Layer containing the ozone shield
- 3. Transfer of energy through electromagnetic waves
- 5. Tiny particles in the atmosphere that reflect sunlight
- 7. Short-term climate event that cools the Pacific
- 9. Gas that traps infrared radiation
- 10. Loop that amplifies climate changes
- 13. Rising of cold, nutrient-rich water from deep layers
- 15. Long-term patterns of temperature and precipitation
- 16. Removal of trees that increases atmospheric CO₂
- 17. LEVEL Height of the ocean surface relative to land
- 19. Large-scale water movements that redistribute heat
- 20. Earth’s solid rocky layer
- 23. Heat transfer by direct contact