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ALBEDO
ATMOSPHERE
BIOSPHERE
CLIMATE
COMPOUND
CORE
DIOXIDE
EARTH
EUROPA
FOSSIL
GLOBAL
GREENHOUSE
HYDROSPHERE
MARS
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CLIMATE CHANGE CROSSWORD
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1. abbreviation for type of organic compounds that can evaporate readily and contribute to smog
7. dry planet that is more Earth-like than others
8. moon of Jupiter that may contain oceans of water under its ice cover
9. carbon ______: a colorless, odorless, non-poisonous gas that is a normal part of our atmosphere; a
greenhouse gas
11. ice ______: a cylindrical section of ice removed from a glacier or an ice sheet in order to study climate
patterns of the past
13. ______ energy: direct radiant energy from the Sun
14. form of oxygen that, at higher altitudes, acts to shield the earth from the harmful health effects of
ultraviolet radiation; also a major component of ground-level smog
18. complex process that occurs in living green plant cells allowing plants to grow (takes up carbon
dioxide and water while producing oxygen)
20.carbon ______: reservoirs for carbon in the environment that store more carbon than they release
22. all of the living and dead organisms found near the earth's surface in parts of the lithosphere,
atmosphere, and hydrosphere
23. naturally occurring greenhouse gas, a major source of which is cows
24. axial ______: the reason Earth has seasons
25. ______ fuel: a type of fuel derived from geologic deposits of organic materials, including crude oil,
coal, and natural gas
26.the “third rock” from the Sun
27. ______ effect: produced when certain gases in a planet’s atmosphere trap solar energy to warm the
planet
28.very hot planet warmed by its dense atmosphere; one of Earth’s neighbors
Down
2. the average weather for a region over a long time period
3. the lowest layer of earth’s atmosphere, where all weather occurs
4. solar activity apparently related to Earth’s warming and cooling cycles
5. water ______: a major greenhouse gas and an important part of the natural greenhouse effect
6. fraction of solar radiation reflected by a planet’s surface
10. a change in the quality of the environment that can adversely affect the health of humans or other
living organisms
12. a substance composed of atoms of two or more elements
15. ______ warming: the progressive gradual rise of the earth's surface temperature in recent decades
16. ______ radiation: a type of energy having wavelengths shorter than visible light, abbreviated UV
17. the part of the earth composed of water including clouds, oceans, seas, ice caps, glaciers, lakes,
rivers, underground water supplies, and atmospheric water vapor
19. mixture of gases surrounding a planet
20.A pair of space probes in Earth orbit, working together like a giant pair of binoculars, to study the
Sun’s emissions in 3-D
21. second layer of the atmosphere, extending from about 16 to 50 kilometers (10 to 30 miles) above
Earth's surface
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CLIMATE CHANGE CROSSWORD
Teachers’ Notes
As an option for more advanced students, the crossword puzzle may be presented without the word
bank.
A complete glossary of climate change terms may be found at the following website:
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/glossary.html
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