Vocabulary
Across
- 1. contamination of air by harmful substances including gases and smoke
- 3. water in its gaseous form
- 9. a mixture of dust, acid, and other chemicals that can be hazardous to human health
- 10. transfer of thermal energy by the movement of particles within matter
- 11. near the tope of the troposphere is a narrow band of high winds
- 13. cold wind that blow from the E to the W near North Pole and South Pole
- 16. wind that blows from the land to the sea due to local temperature and pressure differences
- 18. wind that blows from the sea to the land due to local temperature and pressure differences
- 19. the series of natural processes by which water continually move among oceans, land, and the atmoshphere
- 20. thin layer of gases surrounding Earth
- 22. steady winds that low from W to E between Latitudes 30 degrees N & 60 degrees N, and 30 degrees S & 60 degrees S
- 23. occurs in the troposphere when temperature increases as altitude increases
- 27. the transfer of thermal energy by collisions between particles of matter
- 28. point temperature ate which air is saturated and condensation can occur
- 29. the atmospheric conditions, along with short-term changer, of a certain place at a certain time
- 30. humidity amount of water vapor present in the air compared to he maximum amount of water vapor the air could contain at that temperature
Down
- 2. a large body of circulating air with low pressure at its center and higher pressure outside of the system
- 4. describes whether circulation air motions well be strong or weak
- 5. a large body of circulation air with high pressure at its center and lower pressure outside of the system
- 6. is the movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas low pressure
- 7. the force that a column of air applies on the air or a surface below
- 8. when sulfure dioxide and nitrogen oxides combine with moisture in the atmosphere and form precipitation that has pH lower than that of normal rainwater
- 12. a region within the mesosphere and thermosphere
- 14. steady winds that flow from west to east between 30 degrees N latitude and 30 degrees S Latitude
- 15. the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
- 17. layer area of the stratosphere with a high concentration of ozone
- 21. water, in liquid or solid form, that falls from that atmosphere
- 23. the atmosphere closest to Earth's surface
- 24. air pollution that forms from the interaction between chemicals in the air and sunlight
- 25. atmospheric layer directly above the troposphere
- 26. amount of water vapor in the air