Air and Oceans

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Across
  1. 3. The distance of a place north or south of the Earth's equator expressed in degrees.
  2. 6. _____ winds are created by both the Coriolis effect and the differences in temperature between the equator and the poles.
  3. 9. The vertical height of an object above sea level.
  4. 10. The lowest region of the atmosphere.
  5. 12. The weather conditions prevailing in an area over a long period.
  6. 13. _____ winds are the permanent east-to-west winds that blow between 30°N and 30°S latitudes.
Down
  1. 1. The amount of water in the air.
  2. 2. An instrument that measures air pressure.
  3. 4. The process by which heat travels through air, water, and other gases and liquids.
  4. 5. The atmospheric layer with the lowest temperature.
  5. 7. A steady and continuous flowing movement of some of the water in the ocean.
  6. 8. The outermost region of a planet's atmosphere.
  7. 11. An imaginary line around the middle of the earth.