Weather and climate vocab

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Across
  1. 3. The northern lights is one of these
  2. 4. A belt of high-speed wind in the upper troposphere
  3. 6. The lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere
  4. 12. Rain, wind, snow, hail
  5. 13. Between 23.5 degrees and 66.5 degrees both north and south
  6. 18. The layer of gases that surround earth
  7. 19. The spinning of Earth on its axis
  8. 20. Atmosphere layer that ranges from 50km-80km
  9. 21. Between 23.5 degrees south and 23.5 degrees north
  10. 23. Occurs twice a year when neither hemisphere is tilted towards the sun
  11. 25. Atmosphere layer that ranges from 12km-50km
  12. 26. Winds that blow over long distances in one direction
  13. 27. The curving effect of earth's rotation on all free-moving objects
Down
  1. 1. Layer of the atmosphere that is not distinct
  2. 2. The force exerted by air on a surface
  3. 5. Cool air moving towards water
  4. 7. A region of high ozone concentration
  5. 8. effect that warms the atmosphere with radiation
  6. 9. Atmosphere layer that ranges from 80km-space
  7. 10. A wind system characterized by seasonal reversal of direction
  8. 11. The movement of one body in space around another
  9. 14. The horizontal movement of air
  10. 15. Occurs twice a year when the sun is at at latitude 23.5 degrees north or 23.5 degrees south
  11. 16. From 66.5 degrees north to the north pole and between 66.5 degrees south and the south pole
  12. 17. Cool air moving towards land
  13. 22. A wind that blows over a short distance
  14. 24. Device used to measure air pressure