Sources and Sinks

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Across
  1. 3. heating Near the equator, the sun shines straight overhead, and ________ is intense.
  2. 4. Where the air is sinking, or subsiding, air pressure is
  3. 8. What does water do when hit with solar energy?
  4. 12. passes all the way through our atmosphere is absorbed either by the ground surface or by water
  5. 13. air pressure at the surface is
  6. 14. what is the result of convection
  7. 15. what warm air cools it does what?
Down
  1. 1. we call the equatorial convection cells
  2. 2. Convection cells expand and ______ seasonally
  3. 4. Convection cells circulate air, moisture, and ______ around the globe
  4. 5. the sun shines low on the _______ much of the year and little heat is available for warming the ground
  5. 6. what develops where cells meet
  6. 7. We call the mid-latitude and polar cells Ferrell cells and _______
  7. 9. more vigorous near the equator than at higher latitudes because of the more intense heating from the sun
  8. 10. Solar energy absorbed by the ground eventually re-radiates as long-wave infrared energy or?
  9. 11. warmed air does what?