Semester 1 review Puzzle 2
Across
- 2. Typhoon is another name for a _______________.
- 4. The subarctic climate is often called __________ climate.
- 5. The first modern astronomer to propose a Sun-centered universe was ____________.
- 9. This scientist was the first to use the telescope in astronomy.
- 10. stream Fastest moving currents of air found near the top of the troposphere is called _______.
- 11. On a weather map, ____________ fronts are shown by line with triangular points on one side.
- 14. The humid subtropical climate dominates the __________United Sates.
- 16. ___________ has the steepest pressure gradient.
- 19. of the discoveries which led to the modern view of the solar system was that the orbits of the planets are __________.
- 20. The _________ sides of mountains are often wet.
- 21. This scientist determined the nature of the forces that kept the planets in their orbits.
Down
- 1. Three laws of planetary motion was discovered by ______________.
- 3. The Technical name for high pressure center.
- 6. This air mass often originates as a different air mass in Siberia and is subsequently altered.
- 7. The two types of dry (B) climates are desert and _______.
- 8. The apparent westward drift of the planets as compared to the background stars is called __________.
- 12. An air mass from the Gulf of Mexico is labeled _____________.
- 13. Type of breeze which originates during the day and flows toward the land.
- 15. rainforest The most luxuriant vegetation in any climatic realm is the __________.
- 17. The Koppen climate classification recognizes ___________ principal climate groups.
- 18. A ______ air mass is warm and dry.