Climate Crossword

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. The part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock (4)
  2. 4. A community of organisms where there are several interrelated ___ chains (7)
  3. 6. The ___ of an advancing mass of ___ air (9)
  4. 7. The side that is forward or prominent (5)
  5. 8. Of or relating to living organisms (6)
  6. 11. Layer of air around the Earth (10)
  7. 13. Moving air (4)
  8. 14. The quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time (13)
  9. 15. The process of becoming a vapor (11)

Down

  1. 1. The prevailing psychological state (7)
  2. 3. The ___ of an advancing mass of ___ air (9)
  3. 5. The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state (12)
  4. 9. How hot or cold something is (11)
  5. 10. The process of giving off or exhaling water vapor through the skin or mucous membranes (13)
  6. 12. The organic circulation of ___ from the atmosphere into organisms and back again (11)
  7. 15. The power to do work or make things move (6)