Chapter 5

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Across
  1. 4. The counterpart to El Niño
  2. 6. A region of the atmosphere where pressure is higher than the surrounding area
  3. 8. A unit of pressure used in meteorology
  4. 10. A climate pattern characterized by warmer-than-usual ocean temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean
  5. 11. An area of high atmospheric pressure at Earth's surface
  6. 14. An area of low atmospheric pressure at Earth's surface
  7. 15. A weather system with a center of low pressure
Down
  1. 1. A region of the atmosphere where pressure is lower than the surrounding area
  2. 2. Steady winds that blow from east to west between the equator and the subtropics
  3. 3. A line on a weather map that connects points of equal atmospheric pressure
  4. 5. The Intertropical Convergence Zone
  5. 7. An instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure.
  6. 9. A weather system with a center of high pressure
  7. 12. Refers to the regions just outside the tropics
  8. 13. El Niño-Southern Oscillation