Weather and Climate

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Across
  1. 2. Horizontal movement of air.
  2. 3. The amount of insolation reflected by a surface.
  3. 4. Model of high- and low-pressure systems on the Earth.
  4. 7. The temperature where the relative humidity reaches 100%
  5. 8. The area where two different pressure systems meet.
  6. 11. natural cycles that either amplify or stabilize the effect of climate change.
  7. 13. The layer in the stratosphere that absorbs insolation.
  8. 15. A cool air pressure system where are in moving toward the surface of the earth.
  9. 16. The first layer of the atmosphere where all Earth’s weather takes place.
  10. 17. The most common greenhouse gas.
  11. 18. The weight of the atmosphere pressing down on specific point.
  12. 19. A line on a map that connects points with the same atmospheric pressure.
Down
  1. 1. Warming caused be human emissions.
  2. 5. Seasonal winds caused be changes in pressure over water and land.
  3. 6. Current conditions in the atmosphere at a specific point on the planet.
  4. 9. Individual and societal systems of values and beliefs.
  5. 10. Incoming solar radiation.
  6. 12. Average weather conditions over a minimum of 30 years.
  7. 14. Gases in the atmosphere that trap in thermal energy.
  8. 18. Feedback loop that amplifies the effect of climate change.