Unit 3 Weather and Climate

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Across
  1. 2. warm current in the North Atlantic flowing from the Gulf of Mexico northeast along the US coast
  2. 4. atmospheric conditions of a particular time and place
  3. 7. the process by which water is changed from a liquid to a gas (water vapor); a stage of the water cycle
  4. 8. the process by which water is changed from gas (water vapor) to a liquid; a stage of the water cycle
  5. 12. a measure of how hot or cold the air is
  6. 13. the continuous movement of water through the environment by evaporation, condensation, precipitation and runoff
  7. 15. risky
  8. 18. the process by which plants release water vapor into the air
  9. 19. temperature at which air is fully saturated because of decreasing temperatures while holding the amount of moisture constant
  10. 20. the transfer of thermal energy due to collisions between particles (touch)
  11. 21. leading edge of a warm air mass moving in to replace a cold air mass
  12. 22. the circulation of particles within a material caused by the differences in thermal energy and density
Down
  1. 1. a boundary between two air masses
  2. 3. the long-term average weather conditions that occur in a particular region
  3. 5. a severe storm that develops over tropical oceans and whose strong winds of more than 119km/h spiral in toward the intensely low-pressure storm system
  4. 6. the pressure that a column of air exerts on the air, or a surface, below it
  5. 9. thermal energy that flows from a warmer material to a cooler material
  6. 10. narrow belt of strong winds that blows near the top of the troposphere
  7. 11. a form of water (hail, rain, sleet, snow) that condenses in the atmosphere and falls to Earth's surface
  8. 14. transfer of thermal energy by electromagnetic waves
  9. 16. movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure
  10. 17. a large area of air that has uniform temperature, humidity and pressure