weather

4. warming a rise in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere
5. Change a change in the world's weather patterns over time
7. atmospheric conditions such as temperature and precipitation
9. effect warming when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere
11. Dioxide a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis
12. the transmission of heat or electricity or sound
14. the mass of air surrounding the Earth
15. the regions of the Earth where living organisms exist
16. a gradual transformation into arid, uninhabitable land

1. radiation radiation from the sun
2. Fuel energy-producing substance derived from preserved organisms
3. movement of heat by massive motion within the atmosphere
6. gas a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation
8. the falling to earth of any form of water
10. a substance that is released
12. the weather in some location averaged over a period of time
13. the watery layer of the earth's surface