Across
- 5. Give a detailed account
- 9. Overall weather in an area over a long period of time
- 10. A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place
- 12. Mass A huge body of air that has similar temperature humidity and air pressure at any given height
- 13. The transfer of energy through direct contact
- 15. The ability to do work
- 17. Breeze The flow of air from land to a body of water
- 19. Breeze The flow of cooler air from over a body of water toward land
- 21. The land area that supplies water to a river system
- 22. The uppermost layer of the atmosphere
- 24. The mostly solid, rocky part of the Earth
- 27. Gas to liquid
- 30. Point The temperature at which condensation begins
- 32. The layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth's surface
- 34. Effect Warming of Earth due to solar radiation being trapped by the atmosphere
- 36. Liquid to gas
- 37. Inhalation and exhalation of air
- 38. All life on Earth
- 39. To soak up or take in
- 42. The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place
- 43. Radiation Energy created from vibrations of electric and magnetic fields
- 44. A boundary between two air masses
- 45. Stream A narrow belt of strong winds that blow in the upper troposphere
- 46. A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater
- 47. Frozen water on earth
Down
- 1. A series of events that happen over and over again
- 2. Energy The total energy of all the particles of an object
- 3. Solid to gas
- 4. A group of parts that work together as a whole
- 6. Deep hole drilled or dug into the ground to reach a reservoir of groundwater
- 7. The total amount of dissolved salts in a water sample
- 8. The horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure
- 11. Distance east or west of the prime meridian
- 14. The transfer of energy through circular movements of matter
- 15. Spectrum All of the frequencies or wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
- 16. The layer of the atmosphere where the ozone layer is located
- 18. A thin layer of gases surrounding Earth
- 20. Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface
- 23. The system returns information about itself that results in change
- 25. Distance north or south of the equator
- 26. All the liquid water on earth
- 28. Effect The apparent curve of winds due to the rotation of Earth
- 29. The layer of Earth's atmosphere where meteors burn up
- 31. The amount of water vapor in the air
- 32. Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant
- 33. A series of actions or steps taken to achieve an end
- 35. The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
- 37. Humidity The percentage of water vapor in the air compared to the maximum amount of water vapor that air can contain at a particular temperature
- 40. Elevation above sea level
- 41. Cycle The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
