Weather
Across
- 2. The horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure
- 5. Winds that blow steadily from specific directions over long distances
- 7. The flow of cooler air from over an ocean or lake toward land
- 9. A dry air mass that forms over land
- 10. The second lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere
- 11. The direct transfer of energy through space by electromagnetic waves
- 14. The outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere
- 15. A tropical storm that has winds of about 119 kilometers per hour or higher
- 17. The lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere
- 19. The layer of Earth's atmosphere immediantly above the stratosphere
Down
- 1. A humid air mass that forms over oceans
- 3. A large area of reduced ozone concentration in the stratosphere
- 4. A rapidly whirling funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm cloud to touch Earth's surface
- 6. The process by which heat is trapped in the atmosphere by water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and other gases that form a "blanket" around Earth
- 8. Condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time & place
- 12. the flow of air from land to a body of water
- 13. The boundary where unlike air masses meet but do not mix
- 16. The envelope of gases that surround Earth
- 18. Winds that blow over short distances