Weather Review for Mrs. Edwards

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Across
  1. 1. the atmosphere protects the Earth from damaging ______ _____
  2. 5. balloons and _____ can fly in the Stratosphere
  3. 7. measures amount of rainfall
  4. 9. measures air pressure
  5. 12. protects earth and living things from UV rays
  6. 13. closest to the earth, thinnest layer, weather found here
  7. 15. the weight of air molecules pressing down on Earth
  8. 16. type of precipitation: begins frozen and stay frozen all the way to the ground
  9. 19. these connect areas with air pressure that is the same.
  10. 20. 2nd most abundant element in our atmosphere
  11. 21. type of precipitation: begins frozen, melts, refreezes as ice pellets
  12. 24. moisture (water vapor) in the air
  13. 25. meteorologists use diagrams, maps and charts to predict ______________. Many components can impact weather.
  14. 26. measures wind direction
  15. 27. the overall weather patterns over a long period of time in a specific location
  16. 28. Type of precipitation: begins frozen, melts and remains liquid
  17. 29. a mixture of gaseous elements and compounds
  18. 31. Air pressure (increases, decreases) through all the layers in the atmosphere
  19. 33. measures thermal energy (how hot or cold)
Down
  1. 2. the distance from Earth’s surface
  2. 3. type of precipitation: begins frozen, melts, freezes, melts, and hits the surface as a liquid but immediately freezes
  3. 4. Example used to describe freezing rain
  4. 6. measures wind speed
  5. 8. hottest layer of the atmosphere, satellites orbit here, thickest layer
  6. 10. most abundant element in our atmosphere
  7. 11. coldest layer of the atmosphere
  8. 13. the measure of how hot or cold something is (the amount of thermal energy)
  9. 14. type of weather system that brings cloudy and rainy weather
  10. 17. contains all the gases on our planet
  11. 18. fades into space
  12. 22. type of weather system that brings sunny weather
  13. 23. the atmosphere covers the Earth like a _____
  14. 25. the atmosphere helps to control ______ (the condition outside right now)
  15. 30. ______ burn up in the Mesosphere
  16. 32. temperature increases as altitude increases because the ozone layer is found here