Weather Vocab
Across
- 2. the continuous, predictable, directional, movement of seawater driven by gravity, wind, and water density
- 4. the transfer of energy through the direct physical contact of matter or particles
- 6. A tropical storm with winds that have reached a constant speed of 74 mph or more
- 10. a large body of air with generally uniform temperature and humidity
- 11. a scientific instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure
- 13. the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.
- 14. the emission of energy as electromagnetic waves
Down
- 1. the boundary separating the different types of air
- 3. the measurement of how tightly material is packed together
- 5. motion in a gas or a liquid in which the warmer portions rise and the colder portions sink
- 6. a condition of the atmosphere in which the pressure is above average
- 7. the force exerted by air, we there compressed or unconfined, or any surface in contact with it
- 8. atmospheric pressure
- 9. an instrument for measurement of the speed of the wind, or of any current of gas
- 12. a condition of the atmosphere in which the pressure is below average