Atmosphere and Weather Crossword

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  1. 3. Force a force exerted by the Earth’s by the Earth’s rotation that causes moving objects to move to the right in the Northern hemisphere and to the left in the Southern hemisphere, it is responsible for the direction of movement in various weather events such as hurricanes and anticyclones; the Coriolis Force is not present on the equator
  2. 5. Humidity the amount of water vapour in the air expressed as a percentage of the amount that would be present if the air was saturated
  3. 9. Range the difference between the highest and the lowest temperature in a 24-hour period
  4. 10. Nations Framework Convection on Climate Change an international climate change treaty dating from 1992 that aims to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in Earth’s atmosphere by bringing pressure on the 165 signatory nations to reduce emissions
  5. 11. Income Countries (HICs) countries that have a high income according to the World Bank’s World Development indicators; there are 80 HIC countries with a Gross National Income per person of more than US $12,725 (2014)
  6. 12. Radiation the visible light and ultraviolet energy radiating from the Sun to Earth
  7. 14. with regard to precipitation, the name given to rain that is the result of warm air meeting cold air; the lighter warm air is forced up over the cold air and the line where the warm air and cold air meet is called a front
  8. 15. Climate places where the land is affected by the close proximity of an ocean, which lowers the temperature of the area during the summer and keeps it warmer in the winter
  9. 16. Conveyor Belt another name for thermohaline circulation; this process begins in the polar regions with the formation of ice – the surrounding water gets saltier because the creation of the ice leaves salt behind, which increases the seawater’s density, making it sink; surface water is then pulled in to replace the sinking water, which in turns becomes colder and saltier and also sinks, thereby initiating the currents deep in the ocean that power the ocean conveyor belt
  10. 17. Humidity the total mass of water vapour in a given volume of air, regardless of the temperature
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  1. 1. Income Countries (LICs) countries that have a low income according to the World Bank’s World Development indicators
  2. 2. Climate places that have seasons because they have annual variations in temperature; this tends to occur in the middle of countries, where the land is unaffected by the maritime climate
  3. 4. Panel on Climate Change a scientific intergovernmental body set up by the United Nations in 1988; the IPCC produces reports to support the UNFCCC, the main international treaty on climate change
  4. 6. Nuclei the name given to the particle of salt, soot, or dust needed for raindrops to form around in order to achieve droplets
  5. 7. the proportion of solar radiation reflected from areas of the Earth’s surface
  6. 8. the name given to precipitation that is the result of sir being forced upwards by a mountain – as the air cools to below the dew point water vapour condenses into water droplets
  7. 13. Circulation seawater currents that reflect variations in temperature and salt content