Meteorology Word Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. process that occurs when gases in the earth's atmosphere trap the suns heat
  2. 4. a body of air with horizontally uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure
  3. 8. occurs when air masses are forced to flow over high topography
  4. 9. movement of particles through a substance
  5. 10. the science of weather
  6. 12. the boundary separating two different types of air
  7. 13. the measure of water vapor in the air
  8. 14. temperature to which air must cool for it to become saturated with water
  9. 16. the fraction of light a surface reflects
  10. 18. heat transmitted through collisions
  11. 19. state of the atmosphere at a given time and place
Down
  1. 1. the study of the atmosphere and weather patterns over time
  2. 2. measure of hotness/coldness expressed in terms
  3. 5. the force exerted on a surface by the air above it as gravity pulls it to Earth
  4. 6. narrow bands of strong wind that generally blow from west to east all across the globe
  5. 7. the amount of solar radiation received by a planet
  6. 11. energy that comes from a source & travels through space at the speed of light
  7. 15. visible aggregate of minute droplets of water or particles of ice or a mixture of both floating in the free air
  8. 17. the movement of air
  9. 18. the long term pattern of weather in a particular area