Weather & Climate

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Across
  1. 2. The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
  2. 4. A current caused by the rising of heated fluid and sinking of cooled fluid
  3. 9. Distance north or south of the equator
  4. 10. A cloud at ground level.
  5. 12. The side of a mountain that is dry and receives little precipitation.
  6. 14. The side of a mountain that the wind hits which forms clouds and precipitation.
  7. 17. The total movement of the molecules
  8. 18. Height of land above sea level
Down
  1. 1. High-altitude wind blowing from west to east around the north pole.
  2. 3. The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents.
  3. 5. Amount of water vapor in the air
  4. 6. A mixture of gases that surrounds a planet
  5. 7. Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface
  6. 8. The study of the atmosphere and weather
  7. 10. A liquid or a gas
  8. 11. The average movement of the molecules
  9. 13. Cloud that forms lightning, thunder, and sometimes hail.
  10. 15. The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.
  11. 16. Global winds that blow constantly from the same direction