Climate Change Extra Credit Crossword
Across
- 4. Global convection current in which air flows from the equator to 30 degrees latitude.
- 7. Warm air mas moving into a cold air mass leads to a ________.
- 9. System of interconnected ocean currents in which cold, salty water flows towards the equator while warm water flows towards the poles.
- 11. Effect that causes winds to deflect.
- 13. Type of heat exchange involving circular motion of particles.
- 14. Global convection current in which air flows between 30 and 60 degrees latitude.
- 17. Global convection current in which air flows between 60 and 90 degrees latitude.
- 18. Temperature at which water condenses out of the air to form clouds.
- 20. When a cold front catches up to a warm front and passes through it.
- 21. Part of the stratosphere that contains a high concentration of ozone gas
- 22. Term used to talk about the continuous flow of water throughout the Earth.
- 23. The movement of ocean water from one place to another.
- 24. Process that uses energy to remove salt from water.
Down
- 1. Another name for the water cycle.
- 2. When condensed water falls from the atmosphere.
- 3. Region of air that has similar properties like temperature, pressure, and density
- 5. Border between two different air masses that are colliding.
- 6. Energy transfer through electromagnetic waves.
- 8. Type of heat transfer between objects that are touching.
- 10. Term used to refer to a resource if it is naturally replenished at the same rate that it is consumed.
- 12. The lowest layer of the atmosphere in which most weather takes place.
- 15. When two air masses forming a front stop moving.
- 16. Cold air mass moving into a warm air mass leads to a __________.
- 19. A measure of height starting at sea level.