Air Masses, Fronts, and Pressure Systems

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Across
  1. 5. a front where two cold air masses and one warm air mass meet at this front and all three air masses move up in the same direction
  2. 7. the force exerted by the weight of the air above
  3. 8. air masses that form over oceans and other bodies of water and are humid
  4. 11. 78% of the gasses in the atmosphere are
  5. 12. the direction air flows in a high pressure system
  6. 16. air mass formed over the Gulf of Mexico that is wet and warm
  7. 17. In __ air pressure systems molecules of air are moving fast and far apart
  8. 18. cold air masses ___ and warm air masses rise
  9. 19. a front that occurs when a warm and a cold air mass meet and the warm air mass overtakes the cooler air
Down
  1. 1. air masses that form over land masses and are dry
  2. 2. weather takes place in this layer of the atmosphere
  3. 3. behind the cold front winds shift and skies are ___
  4. 4. the direction air flows in a low pressure system
  5. 6. a boundary where two air masses meet
  6. 9. air mass form over Central Canada and Northern U.S. that are dry and cold
  7. 10. a warm air and cold air mass push toward one another and remain still (stationary)
  8. 13. a device that measures air pressure
  9. 14. the Coriolis force is created by the __ of the Earth that influences the wind
  10. 15. In _ air pressure systems air molecules are moving slow and air close together