exploring Creation with Physical Science - Module 7

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Across
  1. 3. the largest cause for wind formation is temperature differences due to uneven _________ energy
  2. 4. weather _________: a boundary between two air masses
  3. 6. the point at which the earth is closest to the sun
  4. 7. Winter _________ is the shortest day of the year
  5. 10. the way in which the rotation of the earth bends the path of winds
  6. 12. the Northern Hemisphere is pointed away from the sun at perihelion
  7. 13. the suffix used when describing wet dark clouds
  8. 15. after the winter solstice the days begin to get __________
Down
  1. 1. Two things are responsible for global wind patterns: Coriolis effect and changes in ____________
  2. 2. __________ tropical airmass would be warm but dry air since it formed over land
  3. 5. a polar ________ airmass is formed over oceans near the earths poles and would have high humidity
  4. 8. incoming solar radiation (sunlight) that warms the earth
  5. 9. a large body of air with relatively uniform pressure, temperature and humidity
  6. 11. a day in March and September when the amount of day and night both equal 12 hours
  7. 14. the point at which the earth is farthest from the sun