Chapter 15
Across
- 1. energy transferred by waves or rays
- 3. effect- causes moving air and water to appear to turn left in the southern hemisphere due to or turn right in the northern hemisphere
- 5. - the movement of air from an area of higher pressure to an area of lower pressure
- 8. third layer of the atmosphere
- 10. the force of exerted on a surface
- 11. Earth's air
- 13. - Transfer of energy that occurs when molecules bump into each other
- 14. group of chemical compounds; may enter the atmosphere and destroy the ozone layer
- 16. radiation- type of energy the comes to Earth from the Sun
- 18. fourth layer of the Earth
- 19. breeze - movement of air from sea to land during the day
Down
- 2. layer of electrically charged particles
- 3. process in which water vapor changes to a liquid
- 4. breeze - movement of the air from land to sea at night
- 6. streams- narrow bands of strong winds that blow near the top of the troposphere
- 7. transfer of heat by the flow of material
- 9. layer of Earth's atmosphere directly above the troposphere
- 12. - all the water on the Earth’s surface
- 15. layer- layer of the stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun’s ultraviolet radiation
- 17. top layer of the atmosphere