15 Vocabulary words
Across
- 3. The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
- 7. The continuous movement of water within the Earth and atmosphere
- 11. A condition of the atmosphere in which the pressure is below average.
- 12. a natural event such as a flood, earthquake, or hurricane that causes great damage or loss of life.
- 13. The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass
- 15. a condition of the atmosphere in which the pressure is above average
Down
- 1. A boundary between to air masses
- 2. To move or shift so as to lean or incline
- 4. any of the varying appearances of the Moon as seen from Earth as different amounts of the lunar disk are illuminated by the Sun.
- 5. degree of hotness or coldness measured by a thermometer with a numerical scale
- 6. each of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter)
- 8. the alternate rising and falling of the sea, usually twice in each lunar day at a particular place, due to the attraction of the moon and sun.
- 9. a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground.
- 10. an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemisphere
- 14. An imaginary line about which a body rotates