Regional Climate Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. air over land heats faster than air over sea
  2. 4. air over land cooling faster than air over sea
  3. 7. the direction wind is coming from
  4. 9. during the day when the sun warms up the air the air around mountains rises creating a valley breeze
  5. 12. air passes over a mountain range it goes down the other side and warms/dries it out
  6. 15. winds that are forced through narrow valleys
  7. 19. carries cold water from north Pacific to mexico
  8. 21. the height of an object or point of relation to sea level or ground level
  9. 22. at night when air along mountain slopes cools
Down
  1. 2. the measure of force with which air molecules push on a surface
  2. 3. long-term average weather of an area
  3. 5. a change is temperature in eastern Pacific ocean
  4. 6. forms up cold dark air passes over warmer waters of the lake.
  5. 8. occurs when air mass is forced from a low elevation to a higher place
  6. 10. the direction twords which wind is going
  7. 11. a change in water temperature in Pacific ocean.
  8. 13. surface currents that carries warm water the Trophics to the North Atlantic Ocean It is one of the longest surface currents.
  9. 14. direction wind blows in
  10. 16. height above a given level
  11. 17. a narrow belt of strong winds
  12. 18. how fast air is moving
  13. 20. amount of light that reflects off of water