List 9 Vocabulary - Atmosphere

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Across
  1. 6. The layer of the atmosphere with the most air pressure. All weather occurs in this layer. As altitude increases, temperature decrease
  2. 8. The hottest layer of the atmosphere. The air is thin and there is not a lot of air pressure. Space shuttles orbit in this layer and it is also where the Auroras occur
  3. 9. Clouds that form at medium or low elevation. Spread out layer over layer and cover a large area. usually brings precipitation
  4. 11. Clouds that form at medium or low elevation. Puffy with flat bottoms and signal fair weather when white in color and signal rain or thunderstorm when they are dark in color
  5. 13. Coulds that form at or near the ground
  6. 16. The coldest layer of the atmosphere. Meteoroids burn in this later
  7. 20. This happens when solar energy is absorbed by the Earth and changed to heat energy that moves or radiates back into the atmosphere and cannot escape
  8. 21. The driving energy source for heating the Earth and for the circulation of the Earth's atmosphere
  9. 22. Water droplets falling from clouds in the form of rain, snow, freezing rain, sleet, or hail. Temperature levels within the clouds and atmosphere create the different forms of precipitation
  10. 23. Occurs when the surface is not able to absorb water or it rains too fast for water tobe absorbed into the ground
  11. 24. A colorless, odorless non-reactive gas that forms 78% of the Earth's atmosphere
Down
  1. 1. This occurs only in the troposphere and is the state of the atmosphere in regards to heat and cold, wetness and dryness, and cloud cover
  2. 2. A form of oxygen that is found in the stratosphere. IT absorbs energy from the sun and warms the air
  3. 3. Clouds that form at high elevations. Wispy clouds that consist of ice crystals. Signify fair weather and could signal an approaching warm front
  4. 4. The force exerted on a surface by the weight of the air
  5. 5. This forms when water vapor changes from gas directly to ice crystals on a surface where the temperature is freezing or below
  6. 7. This layer starts out cold, but includes the ozone which creates a warmth near the top. Planes fly in this layer. Weather balloons burst when they reach this layer
  7. 10. When precipitation falls and the water attempts to move back toward sea level
  8. 12. Occurs when the surface is able to absorb a lot of water into the ground
  9. 14. The layer of the atmosphere with the least amount of air pressure, and the closest layer to outer space. Satellites are found in this layer.
  10. 15. This occurs when water vapor condenses on a surface
  11. 17. The process of water vapor turning from a gas to a liquid. This process causes clouds to form
  12. 18. the layer of gasses that surrounds the planet and makes conditions on Earth suitable for living things
  13. 19. the process is how water enters into the atmosphere as water vapor. The process of water turning from a liquid to a gas