Global Warming

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land (plural) (6)
  2. 6. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants (7)
  3. 8. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic (13)
  4. 9. A storm resulting from strong rising air currents (plural) (13)
  5. 10. An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (13)
  6. 13. Layer of air around the Earth (10)
  7. 14. To cause to change into a vapor (9)
  8. 16. A warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast (6)

Down

  1. 1. Undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as (9)
  2. 3. A severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (plural) (10)
  3. 4. The state of being clear of trees (13)
  4. 5. The release of electrons from parent atoms (plural) (9)
  5. 7. Whether it's rainy, sunny or windy outside (7)
  6. 11. The earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (11)
  7. 12. All the plant life in a particular region or period (10)
  8. 15. A colorless gas soluble in alkalis and cold water (5)