Across
- 3. Humid air masses that form over the ocean
- 11. The average motion of air molecules
- 12. Cold air masses that form at high latitudes
- 14. Seawater pushed toward the shore by winds surrounding a hurricane
- 15. A measure of the amount of water in the air
- 16. When warm and cold air masses meet, but neither has enough force to move the other
- 17. Patterns of wind that span the entire planet
- 18. Closed loops of air circulation in the troposphere
- 19. Warm air masses that form at low latitudes
Down
- 1. Dry air masses that form over land
- 2. The force exerted by the atmosphere above a given point
- 4. Thunderstorms that are much larger and longer lasting than ordinary thunderstorms
- 5. When a cold air mass advances and meets a warm air mass
- 6. The reason that objects moving in a straight line path seem to drift sideways
- 7. Atmospheric conditions at a particular time and place
- 8. A huge volume of air with similar temperature and moisture characteristics throughout
- 9. A current of fast-moving air in the upper atmosphere
- 10. When a warm mass of air advances and meets a cold mass of air
- 13. The movement of air due to differences in pressure
