Atmosphere
Across
- 2. upper boundary of the stratosphere.
- 4. instrument that measures atmospheric pressure.
- 5. mix of gases surrounding the earth.
- 7. spectrum of wavelengths of radiation.
- 9. movement due to differences in density by temperature.
- 11. lower part of thermosphere 80-400 km
- 14. effect of the curving of the path of a moving object because of earth's rotation.
- 17. layer between troposphere and mesosphere.
- 22. blow from east to west from 30 degrees to Equator.
- 23. upper boundary of the mesosphere.
- 24. gas molecule made of 3 oxygen atoms.
- 25. winds blow west to east between 30-60 degrees.
- 26. lowest layer of the atmosphere.
Down
- 1. narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere.
- 3. measures altitude instead of pressure.
- 6. fraction of solar radiation that is reflected off object's surface
- 8. uppermost layer of the atmosphere.
- 10. transfer of energy as heat through a material.
- 12. winds that blow from east to west between 60-90 degrees.
- 13. effect of warming of the lower atmosphere.
- 15. smoke and fog.
- 16. process by which plants make oxygen.
- 18. solid and liquid particles in the atmosphere.
- 19. upper boundary of the troposphere.
- 20. coldest layer of the atmosphere.
- 21. winds that blow less than 50 km/hr.