Atmosphere Worksheet (pp. 114-123)

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Across
  1. 3. front cool air mass pushes under a warm air mass
  2. 4. mass large body of air with temperature and moisture
  3. 7. measurement of the distance above sea level
  4. 8. winds large, circular belts around the earth
  5. 11. layer of the atmosphere closest to the earth
  6. 13. front no movement when air masses meet
  7. 14. measures the speed of the wind
  8. 16. thin blankets of gas that surround the earth
  9. 19. easterlies winds blow eastward from poles
  10. 20. upper layer of the stratosphere
  11. 21. contains weather and comm. satellites
  12. 22. an instrument used to measure air pressure
  13. 23. vane an instrument that shows the direction of the wind
Down
  1. 1. winds influence by temperature changes in a small area
  2. 2. moving air
  3. 5. boundary between two masses of air
  4. 6. shields the earth from the sun
  5. 9. layer of atmosphere farthest from the earth
  6. 10. condition of the atmosphere at any moment
  7. 12. front warm air moves over a slower cool air mass
  8. 15. most meteors are burned up in this layer
  9. 17. winds blow from the east toward the equator
  10. 18. westerlies winds blow northward from west