Chapter Five
Across
- 2. The zone of convergence for northeast and southeast trade winds, located in the general vicinity of the equator
- 5. Lines on a weather map joining together places of equal atmospheric pressure
- 6. Seasonal reversal of winds, which cause heavy rainfall
- 9. The characteristic weather associated with ___________ highs are clear, warm, dry, and calm, as well as an absence of wind and abundance of deserts
- 11. One of the factors that influences the direction of wind flow
- 12. A pattern of air flow with a low-pressure center
- 13. ______ cells are convective cells at the equator
- 15. The color used to denote low-pressure systems
Down
- 1. The direction in which high-pressure systems move in the Southern Hemisphere
- 3. A unit of air pressure
- 4. The direction in which high-pressure systems move in the Northern Hemisphere
- 7. Between 25 degrees North and 25 degrees South, the _____ winds are the major wind system of the tropics
- 8. The color used to denote high-pressure systems
- 10. Instruments to measure force per surface area, or atmospheric pressure
- 14. A pattern of air flow with a high-pressure center