Climate Change & The Water Cycle

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 6. A visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance (6)
  2. 7. Hottest season of the year (6)
  3. 9. An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (13)
  4. 11. The process of giving off or exhaling water vapor through the skin or mucous membranes (13)
  5. 15. The quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time (13)
  6. 16. Located at or near or coming from the earth's poles (5)

Down

  1. 1. The responsive adjustment of a sense organ to varying conditions (10)
  2. 2. The maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical (12)
  3. 3. A shortage of rainfall (plural) (8)
  4. 4. The state of being clear of trees (13)
  5. 5. The process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors (12)
  6. 8. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic (13)
  7. 10. The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state (12)
  8. 12. How hot or cold something is (11)
  9. 13. Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer (7)
  10. 14. A technique used in behavior therapy (8)