8.10B Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Forms at the surface of Earth when a cold, dry air mass overtakes a warmer, humid air mass.
  2. 5. An air mass is a body of air extending over a large area (1000 miles or more) that develops and retains specific characteristics of pressure, temperature
  3. 6. An air mass with greater atmospheric pressure than the surrounding air masses, air moves away from the high pressure, traveling
  4. 7. Atmospheric air pressure is the force exerted on Earth's surface by the weight of the air above the surface
  5. 8. The day-to-day state of the atmosphere.
  6. 9. Global air circulation patterns within the atmosphere held to Earth by gravity and warmed as heat radiates from Earth; influenced
  7. 10. Forms at the surface of Earth when a warm, moist air mass overtakes a cool, dense, and dryer air mass.
Down
  1. 1. Specialist who studies the science of Earths atmosphere and the causes of weather conditions.
  2. 3. An air mass with less atmospheric pressure than the surrounding air masses, air moves toward the low pressure, traveling in
  3. 4. An instrument that measures the amount of atmospheric pressure.
  4. 8. A weather map or chart shows the weather conditions at a specific point in time over a specific region.