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