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