Chapter 24 Vocab Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. Winds that blow over a long distance from a specific direction.
  2. 6. From 66.5 north of the North Pole to 66.5 south to the South Pole.
  3. 9. A belt of high-speed wind in the upper troposphere.
  4. 11. The spinning of Earth on its axis.
  5. 15. The cooler air over the water flows toward the land.
  6. 17. Between 23.5° south and 23.5° north.
  7. 19. Force exerted by the weight of a column of air on a surface.
  8. 20. The layer in which auroras occur.
  9. 21. Mainly horizontal movement of air.
  10. 22. From 23.5° north to 66.5° north and 23.5° south to 66.5° south.
  11. 24. The highest layer of the atmosphere
  12. 26. The layer in which most meteorites burn up in.
  13. 27. Condition of the atmosphere.
Down
  1. 1. Without this, Earth's surface would be much cooler than it is.
  2. 2. The cooler air over land moves toward the water.
  3. 3. Neither hemisphere is tilted towards the sun.
  4. 5. The curving effect that Earth has on all free-moving objects, including global winds.
  5. 7. Occurs when the sun is directly overhead latitude 23.5 north to 23.5 south.
  6. 8. The layer in which planes fly in.
  7. 10. It's part of the stratosphere.
  8. 12. The movement of one body in space around another.
  9. 13. Wind system that is characterized by seasonal reversal of direction.
  10. 14. The layer that surrounds the Earth.
  11. 16. A wind that blows over a short distance.
  12. 18. One of nature's most spectacular displays occurs in the ionosphere.
  13. 23. Lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere.
  14. 25. Measures air pressure.