Chapter 19

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Across
  1. 2. this does not affect the path that winds follows
  2. 4. clouds that appear to be in piles
  3. 5. there is no wind near this equator area
  4. 6. this measures atmospheric pressure
  5. 8. this means "dark rain cloud" in Latin and often bring rain
  6. 10. these are reliable winds that affect ocean currents
  7. 14. a mountain breeze is an example of a ________
  8. 16. clouds that look flat layers or sheets
  9. 17. raindrops that forma as large cloud droplets begin to fall and collect other cloud droplets in a process called ______
  10. 18. How many qualities of weather are there?
  11. 19. this type of cloud never produces rain
  12. 21. an instrument used to measure humidity
  13. 22. the scientific study of the atmosphere is called ____
  14. 23. the atmospheric region above the Equator has an area of permanent ___ pressure
  15. 24. this is caused by land absorbing the sun's energy more rapidly than water does
  16. 26. the direction of rotation of air within a cyclone in the southern hemisphere
  17. 28. one kind of renewable energy technology that does not produce chemical pollutants uses _____ turbines
  18. 30. wind blows from areas of ___ to ___ (use just the words in the blanks)
Down
  1. 1. name for winds that blow from the east
  2. 3. rate of change of air pressure between two points in the atmosphere
  3. 7. the direction the winds blow about a cyclone in the northern hemisphere
  4. 9. wind slows as it travels over the earth's surface because of _____
  5. 11. this energy source harnesses energy from the atmosphere
  6. 12. because the freezing and melting points are easy to reproduce, scientists used them to anchor ____ chart
  7. 13. clouds that looks like wispy curls
  8. 15. the local wind that blows during the night and into early morning along a coast is a ______
  9. 16. ______ cooled cloud droplets exist as liquids many degrees below freezing
  10. 20. frost forms by this process (think about changes of state)
  11. 25. this is the prefix that is used when naming mid-altitude cloud types
  12. 27. this force increases as latitude increases
  13. 29. this forms when the air cools and becomes completely saturated
  14. 31. it takes ____ for water to boil at lower temperatures at higher altitudes