Weather, Climate and Seasons Review
Across
- 3. climate zone near the poles
- 4. atmospheric conditions over an extended period of time
- 10. the half of the earth above the equator
- 13. tool that measures humidity
- 15. these were examples of naturally caused climate changes in Earth's history
- 17. liquid or solid water that falls to Earth's surface
- 18. amount of energy in moving particles
- 20. the amount of water vapor in the air
- 22. climate zone found near the equator. It is hot and humid
- 23. tool that measures wind speed
- 24. change long term shifts in global weather patterns such as temperature or rainfall
- 25. a large body of air that has similar temperature and moisture throughout
- 26. tool that measures air pressure
Down
- 1. a gas that acts as a blanket around Earth, trapping the sun's radiation
- 2. tool that tells us the direction the wind is blowing
- 5. the imaginery pole that the Earth spins around
- 6. movement of air
- 7. what the atmosphere is like at a given time and place over a short period of time
- 8. the earth's path around the sun
- 9. climate zone found between tropical and polar climate zones
- 11. when these are burned, they create greenhouse gases
- 12. the half of the earth below the equator
- 14. one of the climate factors. Shows how high above sea level you are
- 16. what the earth rotates around
- 19. one of the climate factors that demonstrate how near or far you are from the equator
- 21. a scientist that studies weather patterns