Weather Unit Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 6. process of heat being transferred by the movement of a heated fluid
  2. 7. usually brings clear skies
  3. 10. An area of calmer winds that is located where most deserts are located.
  4. 11. A front that marks where a warm air mass starts replacing a cold air mass.
  5. 12. A front where cold air moves in under a warm air mass.
  6. 16. The flow of air from land to water.
  7. 17. Global winds used by early sailors.
  8. 18. The flow of air from water to land
  9. 19. The change from a gas to a liquid
  10. 20. line on a weather map that connects places with same air pressure
Down
  1. 1. Winds that blow over short distances
  2. 2. Winds located near the poles, and blow east to west
  3. 3. When warm and cold fronts combine
  4. 4. A front that does not move possibly causing rain for several days
  5. 5. Winds that mostly affect the weather in the US and move West to East.
  6. 8. usually brings cloudiness and stormy weather
  7. 9. Air being made dirty or polluted by substances
  8. 13. A usually windless area near the equator
  9. 14. winds that blow over long distances
  10. 15. Rain with lower pH than regular rain. It is caused from sulfur oxides from burning coal mixing into rain.