Weather and climate
Across
- 2. what is the name for the zone of the earth's atmosphere where most meteoroids burn up upon entering the atmosphere?
- 4. which climate has dry summers?
- 6. what is the term for the process by which solar radiation is absorbed and then re-emitted as heat by the earth's surface and atmosphere?
- 7. how many types of clouds are there?
- 8. what is the term for the boundary between two air masses of different temperatures?
- 10. what is the name for the boundary between the troposphere and the stratosphere?
- 12. what is the term for the measure of the amount of radiation from the sun that reaches the earth's surface?
- 14. which climate has very cold winter's but also short cold summers?
- 16. what is the term for the process by which the earth's magnetic field deflects charged particles from the solar wind?
- 18. what is the name for the process by which ice changes directly into water vapor without melting?
- 20. what is hail made out of?
Down
- 1. what is the name given to the process by which water moves from the surface of the earth into the atmosphere?
- 3. what is the term for the amount of water vapor that the atmosphere can hold at a given temperature and pressure?
- 5. what is the term for the average weather condition in a region over a long leriod of time?
- 9. which climate is very dry and had very little rain?
- 11. what is the term for the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences in the atmosphere?
- 13. what is the term for the cooling of air as it rises and expands?
- 15. what is the scientific study of climate called?
- 17. what is the term for the measure of the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere?
- 19. what is the term for the process by which the earth's atmosphere traps solar radiation and reflects is back to the earth's surface?