Across
- 2. a scientist who studies and predicts the weather
- 3. Makes up approximately 1% of our atmosphere
- 5. term referring to the water vapor in the air
- 8. Name of Hurricane currently in the Atlantic
- 10. Makes up 21% of our atmosphere
- 11. Psychrometer instrument used to measure water vapor content in the air
- 12. the invisible mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth
- 15. instrument used to measure wind speed
- 17. layer of the atmosphere where ozone is concentrated, also boundary between the stratosphere and mesosphere
- 18. general weather conditions for a large area and includes variations and extremes
- 20. Least explored region of our atmosphere
- 21. Instrument used to measure air pressure
- 24. the scientific study of the atmosphere and the phenomena that we call weather
- 26. layer or layers of gas(es) that envelope a planet
- 28. all forms in which water falls to Earth's surface from the sky
- 29. Gauge Instrument used to measure liquid precipitation
- 30. Compounds in our atmosphere that are excellent at trapping heat
- 31. Current Atmospheric level is 414ppm
Down
- 1. Boundary between the troposphere and stratosphere
- 4. instrument used to measure wind direction
- 6. Layer with the highest temperatures in our atmosphere
- 7. the horizontal movement of air from high pressure to low pressure
- 9. the fraction of the sky obscured by clouds
- 13. layer of our atmosphere where oxygen and nitrogen are ionized and absorb solar energy to create auroras
- 14. Describes the condition of the air at a particular place and time
- 15. Pressure force per unit area exerted by the mass of the atmosphere as gravity pulls it to Earth
- 16. Most abundant diatomic element in our atmosphere
- 19. Layer of the atmosphere where almost all weather occurs
- 22. force that holds our atmosphere in place
- 23. instrument used to measure temperature
- 25. degree of hotness or coldness of a substance
- 27. layer of the atmosphere where temperature increases with altitude