Our Planet: Sun, Wind, Weather and Ocean
Across
- 3. Average weather conditions over a large area over a long time.
- 5. Pressure found at 30 degrees North.
- 6. When air from the warm sector rises above the denser colder air.
- 9. Sun rays returned to the atmosphere after hitting the earths surface.
- 11. A gas commonly given off by livestock.
- 12. Invisible band around the earth at 0 degrees latitude.
- 15. A potential consequence of global warming / melting glaciers.
- 16. body of air in which temperature, pressure and humidity are uniform.
- 18. Pressure is lowest at the centre of these.
- 19. The removal of trees and other shrubbery.
- 20. Coal, oil and gas.
- 21. Flow of ocean currents from the equator towards the poles.
Down
- 1. Caused when too much heat is trapped in our atmosphere.
- 2. The state of the atmosphere at any time or place.
- 4. Settled weather expected at the centre of these.
- 7. Makes up 78% of the gases in our atmosphere.
- 8. The way in which the sun heats our atmosphere.
- 10. Energy collected from naturally replenished sources.
- 13. Where cold air nudges under warm air.
- 14. Another word for moving air.
- 17. the result of the Earths rotation on our global winds and weather patterns.