Unit 5 Test Review (6th Grade)

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Across
  1. 4. What areas of Earth receive the least direct sunlight?
  2. 10. What local wind blows from land to sea at night?
  3. 12. What causes wind to curve due to Earth's rotation?
  4. 15. In which layer does weather occur?
  5. 16. What sound is produced by rapidly expanding air in lightning?
  6. 19. What is heat transfer through fluid movement?
  7. 20. What is the outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere?
  8. 22. What is heat transfer through electromagnetic waves?
  9. 23. What are fast-moving air currents high in the atmosphere?
  10. 25. What process creates air circulation due to temperature differences?
  11. 26. Where do meteors burn up?
  12. 28. What air currents flow around the Earth in belts?
  13. 29. Which layer has auroras?
  14. 30. What is a large air mass that rotates around a low pressure center?
  15. 31. What winds blow from west to east in mid-latitudes?
  16. 32. What type of air mass is cold and dry?
  17. 33. What type of air mass is warm and humid?
  18. 34. Which layer contains the ozone layer?
Down
  1. 1. What small storm has heavy precipitation and lightning?
  2. 2. What occurs when a warm air mass moves over a cold air mass?
  3. 3. What winds blow from east to west near the equator?
  4. 5. What is a sudden discharge of electricity in storm clouds?
  5. 6. What layer of gases surrounds the Earth?
  6. 7. What winds blow from east to west near the poles?
  7. 8. What forms when a cold air mass pushes under a warm air mass?
  8. 9. What protects Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation?
  9. 11. What area of Earth receives the most direct sunlight?
  10. 13. What is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere?
  11. 14. What is the boundary where air masses meet?
  12. 17. What is a tropical cyclone with winds over 119 km/h?
  13. 18. What region in the US has the most tornadoes?
  14. 21. What is a high pressure area with outward-spiraling winds?
  15. 24. What local wind blows from sea to land during the day?
  16. 27. mass What is a large body of air that affects weather?
  17. 29. What is a whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that touches the ground?
  18. 30. What is heat transfer through direct contact?