Weather and Energy
Across
- 4. Transfer of heat from one substance to another through direct contact.
- 6. Hot air holds more of this
- 8. Layer of atmosphere where air is thin and very hot
- 11. Long term average of the weather
- 13. Measure of the average kinetic energy of molecules
- 16. Amount of water vapor present in the air.
- 18. At a particular time and place the condition of the atmosphere
- 19. Transfer of heat by the circulation or movement of a fluid
- 21. Side of mountain that air rises, cools & condenses
Down
- 1. This occurs December 21
- 2. Wind is powered by this
- 3. Layer of atmosphere that protects us from UV rays
- 5. Water changes from a gas to a liquid
- 7. When water, in liquid or solid form, is pulled from the atmosphere by gravity
- 8. Layer of atmosphere that has weather
- 9. Water changes from a liquid to a gas
- 10. Layer of atmosphere that is coldest
- 12. pressure Weight of a column of air
- 14. Transfer heat by electromagnetic waves.
- 15. As this increases, temperature decreases
- 17. This type of heating of the Earth results in our seasons
- 20. This occurs March 22
- 22. Air in motion