Science

2. An imaginary line that runs horizontally above or below the equator.
6. A measurement about 30 Hg on a barometer; usually brings clear skies.
7. A fast moving, narrow current of wind in the upper troposphere that has a powerful influence on weather patterns in North America. It carries weather systems across our continent from west to east.
9. A weather tool that gives the direction the wind is coming from.
11. One half of a sphere, especially the earth.
15. Major movements of water in the oceans.
16. An instrument used to measure temperature.
17. refers to the warmer waters in the Pacific near the equator.
18. How fast or slow the air is moving.
20. A measurement of hotness or coldness.

1. Warm water surface current in the Atlantic Ocean that moves from the south of Florida up the eastern seaboard and then across the Atlantic towards Africa.
3. The force put on a given area by the weight of the air above it.
4. The layer of the atmosphere closest to earth’s surface; weather occurs here and all living things are found in this layer.
5. A gauge used to measure the amount of water after it rains.
8. The direction from which the wind is coming, not where it is going to.
10. The blanket of gases that surrounds earth.
12. A measurement usually below 30 Hg. on a barometer; usually brings clouds and rain.
13. A device for measuring air pressure.
14. A device that measures wind speed.
18. Air that moves horizontally.
19. refers to colder waters in the same area.