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Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
The Atmosphere
Complete the puzzle.
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GLOBALWARMING
NITROGEN
GREENHOUSEEFFECT
THERMOSPHERE
STRATOSPHERE
TROPOSPHERE
WEATHER
OXYGEN
AIR
MESOSPHERE
ATMOSPHERE

 

GLOBALWARMING
NITROGEN
GREENHOUSEEFFECT
THERMOSPHERE
STRATOSPHERE
TROPOSPHERE
WEATHER
OXYGEN
AIR
MESOSPHERE
ATMOSPHERE

Down
2.  This is the coldest part of the atmosphere. Some large helium balloons can reach this height in the atmosphere.
4.  The trapping of heat rays from the sun by carbon dioxide, water vapor, and other gases. (2 words)
5.  Ozone's absorption of ultraviolet light warms the air in this layer of the atmosphere to about forty degrees Fahrenheit.
6.  The rise in the earth's temperature that may be a result of the increase of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in the air. (2 words)
7.  The only layer of the atmosphere able to support life.
10.  The mixture of gasses that surround the earth.
Across
1.  This reaches from the ground to about 700 km above the Earth.
3.  Approximately 21% of the troposphere is this gas.
8.  Air density in this layer of the atmosphere is extremely low. This layer of the atmosphere has the greatest variation in temperature from a low of negative ninety-three degrees Celsius to a high of fifteen hundred degrees Celsius.
9.  Approximately 78% of the troposphere is this gas.
11.  The changing conditions of the atmosphere in one place at a certain time, including temperature, humidity, wind, clouds, and air pressure.

 

Answer Key
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SR
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PE
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TLHER
ROENO
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HERMOSPHERE
EMFR
RIFE
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ITROGEN
10A
GCI
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EATHER