Chapter 21 - Weather

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Across
  1. 2. model / pattern of meteorology symbols that represents the weather at a particular observing station
  2. 5. / measures the speed of wind
  3. 7. mass / large body of air throughout which temperature and moisture content are similar
  4. 9. / severe storm that develops over tropical oceans with strong winds that spiral toward the low pressure storm
  5. 12. / air mass that forms over large land masses
  6. 13. vane / finds the direction of the wind
  7. 15. cyclone / area of low pressure that is characterized by rotating wind that moves toward rising air of the central, low-pressure region
  8. 17. front / front of air masses that moves very slowly or not at all
  9. 19. / air mass that forms over oceans and other large bodies of water
  10. 21. front / front that forms when a cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass and lifts warm air mass off the ground and over another mass
  11. 23. / forms between cool, dense air and less-dense warm air
  12. 24. front / front edge of an advancing warm air mass that replaces the colder air
  13. 25. weather warning / severe weather event, such as a tornado that has been seen, you have been warned to take immediate action to protect yourself
Down
  1. 1. / air mass that forms over the deserts of Southwestern U.S. and they bring dry, hot weather in the summer
  2. 3. / system that uses reflected radio waves to determine the velocity and location of objects
  3. 4. / study of the behavior of the atmosphere
  4. 6. / discharge electricity within clouds
  5. 8. / brief, heavy storm that consists of rain, strong winds, lightning, and thunder
  6. 10. / sinks and flows outward from a center of high pressure
  7. 11. / air mass that forms over ice and snow covered land
  8. 14. / connects points of equal temperature
  9. 16. connects points of equal atmospheric pressure
  10. 18. front / front edge of a moving mass of cold air that pushes beneath a warmer air mass like a wedge
  11. 20. / electricity heats the air and the air expands rapidly producing this loud noise
  12. 22. surge / rising sea levels with large waves during a hurricane