Global Winds
Across
- 4. the upward movement of warm air and the downward movement of cool air
- 6. Bands of high-speed winds about 10 kilometers above Earth's surface
- 8. Prevailing winds that blow from east to west between 60degrees-90degrees latitude in both hemisphere coming from the poles.
- 10. The movement of air caused by an uneven heating of the Earth's surface.
- 11. movement of air from sea to land during the day when cooler air from above the water moves over the land, forcing the heated, less dense air above the land to rise
- 13. The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents.
Down
- 1. Produced by the movement of air between the equator and the poles.
- 2. An imaginary circle around the middle of the earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole
- 3. Regions of high pressure and gentle winds at about 30 degrees north and south latitude
- 5. steady winds in tropical latitudes that blow toward the equator from the 30 degrees north and south
- 7. Winds that blow from west to east between 30 and 60 degrees latitude
- 9. movement of air from land to sea at night, created when cooler, denser air from the land forces up warmer air over the sea
- 12. Area above the equator where little wind occurs (due to rising warm air)