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Across
  1. 2. a form of radiation that travel though the universe
  2. 4. Scattering can refer to the consequences of particle-particle collisions between molecules, atoms, electrons, photons and other particles
  3. 5. mass per unit of volume
  4. 10. the outermost layer of the atmosphere
  5. 13. the region of the atmosphere above the mesosphere and below the height at which the atmosphere ceases to have the properties of a continuous medium. The thermosphere is characterized throughout by an increase in temperature with height.
  6. 16. an instrument for measuring and indicating temperature, typically one consisting of a narrow, hermetically sealed glass tube marked with graduations and having at one end a bulb containing mercury or alcohol that expands and contracts in the tube with heating and cooling.
  7. 18. water in gas form
  8. 19. the height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level.
  9. 20. a layer of gas and suspended solids extending from the Earth's surface up many thousands of miles
  10. 22. winds that occur in belts that go all around the planet
  11. 23. a current in a fluid that results from convection.
  12. 25. the process by which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through a substance when there is a difference of temperature or of electrical potential between adjoining regions, without movement of the material.
  13. 27. a device for measuring atmospheric pressure,
  14. 28. part of Earth's upper atmosphere, between 80 and about 600 km where Extreme UltraViolet (EUV) and x-ray solar radiation ionizes the atoms and molecules thus creating a layer of electrons
  15. 31. the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object, especially as expressed according to a comparative scale and shown by a thermometer or perceived by touch.
  16. 32. a breeze blowing toward the land from the sea, especially during the day owing to the relative warmth of the land.
  17. 33. a quantity expressing the effective lowering of the air temperature caused by the wind, especially as affecting the rate of heat loss from an object or human body or as perceived by an exposed person.
  18. 35. radiation is the emission or transmission of energy in the form of waves or particles through space or a material medium
  19. 36. a breeze blowing toward the sea from the land, especially at night, owing to the relative warmth of the sea.
  20. 37. motion in a gas or liquid in which the warmer portions rise and the colder portions sink.
Down
  1. 1. the region of the upper atmosphere extending upward from the tropopause to about 30 miles (50 km) above the earth, characterized by little vertical change in temperature
  2. 3. a device used to measure atmospheric pressure with a column of mercury
  3. 6. the energy contained within a system that is responsible for its temperature
  4. 7. When gravity acts on the air, the air exerts a force upon the earth called pressure
  5. 8. the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain,
  6. 9. an effect whereby a mass moving in a rotating system experiences a force (the Coriolis force ) acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation. On the earth, the effect tends to deflect moving objects to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern and is important in the formation of cyclonic weather systems.
  7. 11. air that flows over a smaller area of the Earth due to differences in air pressure
  8. 12. the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction.
  9. 14. the quality of being hot; high temperature.
  10. 15. the lowest region of the atmosphere, extending from the earth's surface to a height of about 3.7–6.2 miles (6–10 km), which is the lower boundary of the stratosphere.
  11. 17. a region of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum where wavelengths range from about 700 nanometers (nm) to 1 millimeter (mm).
  12. 21. the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
  13. 24. a form of non-ionizing radiation that is emitted by the sun and artificial sources, such as tanning beds
  14. 26. an instrument for measuring the speed of the wind, or of any current of gas.
  15. 29. the trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere, due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted from the planet's surface.
  16. 30. the region of the earth's atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere, between about 30 and 50 miles (50 and 80 km) in altitude.
  17. 34. an instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used especially in forecasting the weather and determining altitude.