Across
- 5. the half of the earth that is north of the equator
- 7. move or cause to move into a sloping position
- 8. the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object
- 9. a state or period of inactivity, stagnation, or depression.
- 12. an effect whereby a mass moving in a rotating system experiences a force
- 14. the lowest region of the atmosphere
- 15. the part of the earth's atmosphere between the stratosphere and the thermosphere
- 17. the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
- 18. the outermost region of a planet's atmosphere
- 20. a belt of calm air and sea occurring in both the northern and southern hemispheres between the trade winds and the westerlies
- 23. in the opposite direction to the way in which the hands of a clock move around
- 24. a written or spoken agreement, especially one concerning employment,
Down
- 1. the weight of air molecules pressing down on the Earth.
- 2. an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles
- 3. the degree of compactness of a substance.
- 4. the half of the earth that is south of the equator
- 6. become or make larger or more extensive
- 10. the layer of the earth's atmosphere above the troposphere
- 11. model of the mid-latitude segment
- 13. the region of the atmosphere above the mesosphere and below the height at which the atmosphere ceases to have the properties of a continuous medium
- 16. a large-scale atmospheric convection cell in which air rises at the equator and sinks at medium latitudes
- 19. each of the four divisions of the year
- 21. a wind blowing steadily towards the equator from the northeast in the Northern hemisphere or the southeast in the southern hemisphere
- 22. in the same direction as the way in which the hands of a clock move around
