Key Words for Weather
Across
- 7. a storm that generates lightning and thunder
- 8. the layer above the troposphere
- 9. earth’s atmosphere gradually becomes space
- 10. above the stratosphere, 50-85 km above the Earth’s surface
Down
- 1. layer of gases that surround a planet or star
- 2. above the mesosphere at 85-560 km above earth
- 3. a violent windstorm that takes the form of a rotating column of air called a vortex
- 4. made of oxygen and absorbs radiation
- 5. the layer of atmosphere we live in
- 6. whirling tropical cyclones that produce sustained winds of at least 119 kilometers per hour.