Earth Science
Across
- 2. dry, cold climate zone above 60 degree latitude
- 5. type of temperate climate near an ocean or sea
- 8. the spread of desert environments
- 12. measures wind speed
- 13. Earth's tilt
- 14. breeze cool breeze that circulates from sea to land
- 15. measures humidity
- 18. measures air pressure
- 19. type of temperate climate over land
- 20. the transfer of heat between two stationary entities
- 22. a long period of unusually dry weather
- 23. moisture in the air
- 24. a severe storm
Down
- 1. breeze cool breeze that circulates from land to sea
- 2. weight or force upon something
- 3. mass of stone or metal traveling through space
- 4. movement of Earth's imaginary, rotating, polar axis
- 6. an electrically charged atom
- 7. where two different air masses meet
- 9. the process of plants releasing moisture from their leaves
- 10. effect a circular pattern of winds created by Earth's rotation
- 11. a sub-layer of the thermosphere containing ions
- 16. vane measures wind direction
- 17. shear when winds change direction and speed up into the atmosphere
- 20. long-term average of weather in an area
- 21. warm, moist climate zone near the equator