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