The Atmosphere, Air Pressure, and Wind
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- 1. when the wind blows, air warmed by your body sis replaced with cooler air
- 3. wind interacts with the _____ when it erodes rock
- 5. height above sea level
- 7. increasing the difference in atmospheric pressure causes wind speeds to ______
- 8. warm air has _____ pressure than cold air
- 10. coldest layer of the atmosphere
- 13. a tool used to measure wind speed
- 17. air moving from a region of higher pressure to a region of lower pressure
- 19. atmospheric pressure _____ as altitude increases
- 20. wind interacts with the ______ when it makes waves
- 22. in a convection cell, cold dense air ______
- 23. high pressure systems bring this type of weather
- 24. in a convection cell, warm less dense air _____
- 25. empty space
- 26. ...to areas of _____ pressure
- 28. in a high pressure system, air _____
- 29. a gas in the atmosphere that helps absorb harmful UV radiation
- 30. air pressure ______ as altitude decreases
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- 2. a circulation of matter, such as air, cause by the rising of warm matter and falling of cool matter
- 4. this layer of the atmosphere contains ozone
- 6. a property of matter that is equal to the amount of mass in a certain volume of matter
- 9. in a low pressure system, air _____
- 11. the original source of the wind's energy
- 12. a tool used to measure air pressure
- 14. layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs
- 15. atmospheric pressure ______ as the density of air increases
- 16. wind interacts with the ______ when it helps spread pollen from plants
- 18. air moves from areas of _______ pressure to....
- 21. inventor of the first barometer
- 22. low pressure systems bring this type of weather
- 27. lines on a weather map that connect places with the same air pressure