Global winds, jet streams, ocean currents
Across
- 1. Earth’s winds move in a rotated pattern because of the rotation of Earth around its axis.
- 4. winds from temperate region; blow west to east
- 7. convection current from the sea
- 10. Convection current that comes from the land
- 11. caused by unequal heating of Earth's atmosphere
- 12. winds from polar region; blow east to west
- 16. measures distance above sea level, like going up a mountain
- 17. does not receive direct sunlight
Down
- 2. where we live; climate ranges from warm to cold
- 3. warm ocean current from the south that warms air above it
- 5. tropical region, blows from east to west
- 6. energy circulated through ocean currents by convection
- 8. side of mountain the wind hits with lots of rain
- 9. side of mountain the wind doesn't hit and has little rain
- 13. area between 0-30 degrees with direct sun
- 14. measures distance from the equator
- 15. large ribbons of air that move from West to East