Atmosphere and Climate

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Across
  1. 4. Transfer of heat through the circular flow of hotter, less dense material rising, and colder, denser material sinking
  2. 5. Apparent deflection of objects toward the right in Northern Hemisphere, and left in Southern Hemisphere caused by the rotation of the Earth
  3. 8. The layer above the stratosphere that scientists know the lease about. Temp. decreases rapidly with increasing height.
  4. 11. Layer in which weather occurs. It is the layer of atmosphere closest to Earth's surface.
  5. 13. Height of the ground above sea level.
  6. 14. the balance between incoming solar radiation and outgoing thermal radiation
  7. 16. Layer above the troposphere that contains the ozone layer. Temp. increases with height.
  8. 18. The height of an object in the sky above the horizon.
Down
  1. 1. Earth’s “sunscreen” – protecting living things from too much ultraviolet radiation
  2. 2. Layer of the Earth's atmosphere above the mesosphere. Temperatures increase rapidly. Auroras occur in the layer as well
  3. 3. The amount of solar radiation, or energy from the sun, that reaches Earth.
  4. 5. Characteristic pattern or course of weather that an area has over a long period of time
  5. 6. Transfer of energy (like heat) from a distance through electromagnetic waves
  6. 7. The conditions in the atmosphere at a given time and place
  7. 9. This is the outermost region of Earth's atmosphere consisting mainly of extremely thin hydrogen and helium.
  8. 10. Transfer of heat or electricity directly through a substance through physical contact
  9. 12. How close one object is to another object.
  10. 15. Proportion of light that is reflected off a surface
  11. 17. The cause of Earth's seasons, such as summer and winter.