Regional Climate Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. the movement of air between high and low-pressure systems within small areas
  2. 6. a local wind system characterized by a flow from land to water late at night
  3. 8. air is heavy, and it sinks; you can generally expect sunny skies and calm weather.
  4. 10. Features on the surface of Earth, such as mountains, hills, dunes, oceans, or rivers
  5. 14. Heavy snow falling on the far side of a large lake; caused by cold, dry air passing over warmer water
Down
  1. 2. the side that faces the wind, experiencing higher precipitation, more vegetation, and cooler temperatures due to air rising, cooling, and releasing moisture
  2. 3. a local wind system characterized by a flow from sea to land during the day
  3. 4. The air is lighter than the surrounding air masses so it rises; you can generally expect clouds and rain
  4. 5. Average weather patterns for a particular region
  5. 7. Global air circulation patterns within the atmosphere held to Earth by gravity and warmed as heat radiates from Earth; influenced by convection of warm, less dense air (rises and spreads out) and cold, dense air (sinks)
  6. 9. Dry region on the side of a mountain that is sheltered from the wind
  7. 11. the side that is sheltered from the wind; On this side of a mountain, air is dry and sinks; there is very little precipitation on this side of the mountain
  8. 12. The day-to-day state of the atmosphere
  9. 13. Geographic coordinate that specifies the north-south position of a point on Earth’s surface