Regional Climate

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Across
  1. 1. the amount of water vapor in the air
  2. 3. spinning around an axis
  3. 5. a substance that has no fixed shape
  4. 8. rain, sleet, hail, snow
  5. 10. average weather over a long period of time
  6. 12. liquid to a gas
  7. 17. imaginary pole around which Earth rotates
  8. 18. how closely packed atoms of matter are
  9. 20. winds that usually blow from a certain direction
  10. 21. measure of distance from the prime meridian
  11. 22. water changing from gas to liquid
Down
  1. 2. near the equator
  2. 4. energy of a substance that causes its matter to move
  3. 6. angle of Earth's axis
  4. 7. solar radiation comes in at a smaller _______ at higher latitudes.
  5. 8. top or bottom of axis
  6. 9. measure of distance from the equator
  7. 11. revolution of one body around another
  8. 13. layer of gas
  9. 14. cyclic movement of fluids caused by temperature and density
  10. 15. near one of the poles
  11. 16. 4 divisions of Earth's orbit.
  12. 19. average thermal energy
  13. 23. energy radiated by the sun