Chapter 7

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Across
  1. 4. warm, dry winds that travel down mountain slopes
  2. 5. the most abundant gas in the homosphere
  3. 7. this process traps heat in Earth's atmosphere
  4. 8. heat transfer by electromagnetic waves
  5. 11. the outermost temperature layer of the atmosphere
  6. 13. type of convection cell that exists between the equator and latitude 30 degrees
  7. 14. the point where the solar wind pushes on Earth's magnetic field
Down
  1. 1. surface winds that blow toward the equator in the tropics
  2. 2. colorful displays that occur when solar wind particles react with molecules in the atmosphere
  3. 3. extremely powerful radiation that heats the molecules of the ionosphere
  4. 6. the coldest point in the atmosphere
  5. 9. the ratio of the solar radiation reflected by an object to the solar radiation that strikes it
  6. 10. this process occurs when air expands with no heat gained or lost
  7. 12. the change in the direction of winds caused by Earth's rotation