Weather
Across
- 4. zone hot all year; moderate to heavy precipitation
- 8. average of all weather conditions through all seasons over a period of time
- 9. vane indicates wind direction
- 10. Nino a short-term climate change, sometimes affecting Earth's climate for just a year or so
- 11. zone hot summers, cool winters; light precipitation
- 12. mass large body of air which has nearly the same temperature & humidity throughout
- 14. weather scientists
- 15. lowest layer of air that surrounds the Earth
- 17. zone cold winters; cool summers; moderate to heavy precipitation
- 18. the process of liquid water changing to water vapor
- 19. zone cold winters, warm summers; moderate precipitation
- 20. warm air hold more water, or ___, than cold air
- 21. winds winds that depend on local changes in temperature
- 22. large areas of Earth covered by sheets of ice
Down
- 1. warming excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may lead to this
- 2. the climate of a very small area
- 3. zone cold all year; light precipitation
- 5. process by which water vapor turns into liquid water drops
- 6. the boundary between air masses
- 7. effect process by which carbon dioxide in the atmosphere absorbs heat from Earth
- 13. rain or snow
- 16. winds global winds that blow constantly from the same direction