Weather 101

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Across
  1. 1. Permanent, east-to-west prevailing winds caused by the Coriolis effect and air flowing from high-pressure horse latitudes toward low-pressure equatorial areas.
  2. 3. A tropical climate is a non-arid climate found around the equator (typically 23.5° N to 23.5° S), characterized by consistent, warm temperatures with all 12 months averaging at least 18°C (64.4°F)
  3. 5. Manufacturing activity as a whole the nation's industry or systematic labor especially for some useful purpose or the creation of something of value.
  4. 7. A heavy colorless gas CO2 that does not support combustion, dissolves in water to form carbonic acid, is formed especially in animal respiration and in the decay or combustion of animal and vegetable matter, is absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis, and is used in the carbonation of beverages.
  5. 9. Of, relating to, used in, or concerned with agriculture.
  6. 11. The act or process of adapting,the state of being adapted, adjustment to environmental conditions: such as a: adjustment of a sense organ to the intensity or quality of stimulation b: modification of an organism or its parts that makes it more fit for existence under the conditions of its environment : a heritable physical or behavioral trait that serves a specific function and improves an organism's fitness or survival
  7. 13. The average annual conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area.
  8. 14. A gradual increase in the Earth’s average temperature.
  9. 16. The trapping of heat near a planet's surface by certain gases in the planet’s atmosphere.
  10. 17. The amount of greenhouse gases and specifically carbon dioxide emitted by something (such as a person's activities or a product's manufacture and transport) during a given period.
  11. 18. The action or process of clearing of forests, also: the state of having been cleared of forests.
  12. 19. A gas in Earth’s atmosphere that absorbs heat leaving Earth’s surface.
Down
  1. 2. Moderate temperatures and four distinct seasons.
  2. 4. The westerlies, or prevailing westerlies, are dominant, high-speed westerly winds in the middle latitudes (30° to 60°) of both hemispheres, blowing from the southwest to the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and northwest to southeast in the Southern.
  3. 6. Dense, high-precipitation forests located primarily in tropical regions near the equator (Amazon, Congo) and in some temperate areas.
  4. 7. A sudden or gradual change in Earth’s climate.
  5. 8. An unforeseen chain of events caused by a disturbance in a system.
  6. 10. Energy-rich substance formed from the remains of organisms.
  7. 12. Year-round cold, with the warmest month averaging below.
  8. 15. Clean energy sources that do not come from fossil fuels.