Vocab Project

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Across
  1. 1. The ratio of the mass of a substance to its volume.
  2. 3. A warm air mass that forms between about 23.5 degree north latitude and 23.5 degree south latitude.
  3. 4. Bands of high-speed winds about 10 kilometers above Earth’s surface.
  4. 8. A small storm often accompanied by heavy precipitation and frequent thunder and lightning.
  5. 12. Moving away temporarily from an area about to be affected by severe weather.
  6. 13. An instrument that measures changes in air pressure, consisting of a glass tube partially filled with mercury, with its open end resting in a dish of mercury.
  7. 15. The distance in degrees north or south of the equator.
  8. 20. The percentage of water vapor in the air compared to the maximum amount of water vapor that the air can contain at a particular temperature.
  9. 21. A swirling center of low air pressure.
  10. 23. A dry air mass that forms over land.
  11. 25. A high-pressure center of dry air.
  12. 26. A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height.
  13. 27. An instrument used to measure relative humidity.
  14. 28. Elevation above sea level.
  15. 32. A measure of cooling combining temperature and wind speed.
  16. 33. The amount of water vapor in a given volume of air.
  17. 35. The boundary where unlike air masses meet but do not mix.
  18. 36. An instrument used to measure wind speed.
  19. 37. The flow of air from land to a body of water.
  20. 38. Winds that blow over short distances.
  21. 39. The horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure.
  22. 40. A line on the weather map that joins places that have the same temperature.
  23. 41. A tropical storm that has winds of about 119 kilometers per hour or higher.
Down
  1. 2. A “dome” of water the sweeps across the coast where a hurricane lands.
  2. 5. The process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change into gas.
  3. 6. Scientists that study the causes of weather and try to predict it.
  4. 7. A sudden spark, or energy discharge, caused when electrical charges jump between parts of a cloud, between nearby clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.
  5. 9. An instrument used to measure changes in air pressure.
  6. 10. The continual movement of water among Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and Earth’s surface.
  7. 11. Cut off, as in a front where a warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses.
  8. 14. An instrument that measures changes in air pressure without using a liquid.
  9. 16. A line on the weather map that joins places that have the same air pressure.
  10. 17. A violent disturbance in the atmosphere.
  11. 18. The effect of Earth’s rotation on the direction of winds and currents.
  12. 19. A cold air mass that forms north of the 50 degree north latitude or south of the 50 degree south latitude and has high air pressure.
  13. 22. The change of state of a gas to a liquid.
  14. 24. The flow of cooler air from over an ocean or lake toward land.
  15. 29. The pressure caused by the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area.
  16. 30. Winds that blow steadily from specific directions over long distances.
  17. 31. A rapidly spinning column of air that reaches down to touch Earth’s surface.
  18. 34. A humid air mass that forms over oceans.