Unit 6 Vocabulary ES

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Across
  1. 2. Continuous cycle of rising warm air and falling cold air.
  2. 4. wind near a pole, blows from the east.
  3. 6. Third layer of the atmosphere, the coldest layer.
  4. 8. Pattern of wind movement around the Earth.
  5. 9. Outermost layer of the atmosphere, including most of the ionosphere.
  6. 11. Height above the Earth’s surface.
  7. 12. Puffy, white cloud occurring at medium altitudes.
  8. 14. Layer of the atmosphere containing ions, or electrically charged particles.
  9. 16. Stratus cloud that forms near the ground.
  10. 17. Second layer of the atmosphere, including the ozone layer.
  11. 18. Layer of gases that surrounds the Earth.
  12. 19. Strong, reliable wind just north or south of the equator, blows from the east.
  13. 20. Bottom layer of the atmosphere, extending from ground level up to about 16 km above the Earth.
Down
  1. 1. Water in the form of a gas.
  2. 3. Change from a liquid to a gas.
  3. 5. Low, flat cloud that forms in layers.
  4. 7. High, wispy cloud made of ice crystals.
  5. 10. Wind generally between equator and poles, blows from the west.
  6. 13. Moisture that falls to the Earth from the atmosphere.
  7. 15. Change from a gas to a liquid.