Science Vocabulary Words
Across
- 4. what is used to measure air pressure
- 8. winds- blow only over short distances due to pressure distances
- 10. pressure- the result of the weight of a column of air pushing on an area
- 13. part of the lower thermosphere
- 16. the outermost layer of the atmosphere
- 18. the envelope of gases that surround our planet
- 19. where satellites orbit
- 20. heat that travels from a source
Down
- 1. winds- convection from the unequal heating of the earth
- 2. effect- the rotation of the earth causes winds to curve
- 3. effect- the reflection of material either out back out to space or back onto earth’s surface
- 5. used to measure the wind speed
- 6. the horizontal movement of air from high pressure to low pressure
- 7. the distance above sea level
- 9. the layer which we live
- 11. mass per unit volume
- 12. transfer by movement of a fluid
- 14. protects the earth from meteoroids
- 15. contains the ozone layer
- 17. energy- energy created by heat