Atmosphere and Weather

Vocabulary matching

1. Acid Rain
2. Air density
3. Air pressure
4. Atmosphere
5. Blue-green algae
6. Carbon Cycle
7. CFC’s
8. Deforestation
9. Degassing
10. Denitrification
11. Fossil
12. Greenhouse effect
13. Mesosphere
14. Nitrogen cycle
15. Nitrogen Fixation
16. Ozone
17. Particulates
18. Photochemical Smog
19. Photosynthesis
20. Pollutant
21. Pollution
22. Reservoir
23. Respiration
24. Stratosphere
25. Troposphere
a. The envelope of gases surrounding Earth or another planet
b. One of the first plants to give off oxygen
c. Rainfall made sufficiently acidic by atmospheric pollution
d. Gases used chiefly in refrigerants and aerosol propellants. They
 are harmful to the ozone layer in Earth’s atmosphere
e. The cycle where nitrogen and its compounds are converted in
the environment and in living organisms, including
decomposition and nitrogen fixation
f. The cycle where carbon is incorporated as carbon dioxide into
living tissue by photosynthesis and its return to the atmosphere
through respiration, the decay of dead organisms, and fossil fuels
g. The downward force of the atmosphere on Earth’s surface
h. The amount of air molecules in a given area
i. Make or become free of excess or unwanted gas
j. To clear an area of forests or trees
k. To remove nitrates or nitrites from the soil
l. The trapping of sun’s warmth in a planet’s lower atmosphere
m. A natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geologic past
from the remains of living organisms
n. The region of Earth’s atmosphere above the stratosphere
o. The chemical process by which atmospheric nitrogen is made
into organic compounds
p. A colorless unstable toxic gas formed by three oxygen molecules
q. Minute separate particles
r. Smog caused by the chemical action of light
s. Harmful or poisonous substance
t. The presence in the environment of something that is harmful or
poisonous
u. Layer of Earth’s atmosphere over the troposphere. Contains the
ozone layer
v. The process by which green plants use sunlight to synthesis food
from carbon dioxide and water
w. The production of energy in living organisms by the intake of
oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide
x. A supply or source of something
y. The lowest region of the atmosphere. All life is contained in this
region