9/25/2025 - Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. What the air is doing right now in a specific place.
  2. 5. The third lowest region of the atmosphere.
  3. 6. The advancing edge of a warm air mass that is replacing a cooler air mass
  4. 10. The second lowest region of the atmosphere.
  5. 11. All the water on earth.
  6. 15. The leading edge of a moving mass of cold air that replaces warmer air at the surface, forcing the warmer air to rise rapidly.
  7. 17. The force exerted by the weight of air molecules pushing down on a surface
  8. 19. A variable that is kept “constant” or unchanged during an experiment to ensure that the results are not influenced by factors other than the independent variable being tested.
  9. 20. Water released from the clouds in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
  10. 21. The thing that is deliberately changed or manipulated in an experiment to observe its effect on another variable. It's the "cause" in a cause-and-effect relationship.
Down
  1. 1. Transfer of heat or electrical energy between objects or particles that are in direct contact, when the particles themselves do not move from one place to another but vibrate and transfer energy to their neighbors.
  2. 3. A cover of gases or air above the earth or other planets.
  3. 4. The second highest region of the atmosphere.
  4. 7. The lowest region of the atmosphere.
  5. 8. A large body of air with generally uniform temperature and humidity.
  6. 9. The earth's ground/layers.
  7. 12. Energy traveling from a source through space or material in the form of waves or particles, such as light, heat, and even tiny atomic particles
  8. 13. The highest region of the atmosphere.
  9. 14. The thing that changes as a result of the independent variable manipulation. The result.
  10. 15. the typical pattern of weather over a very long time in a specific place, including average temperatures, rainfall, and other weather conditions.
  11. 16. A process of heat transfer that happens in liquids and gases, when hotter, less dense fluid rises and cooler, denser fluid sinks, creating a repeating cycle called convection currents.
  12. 18. All the living things on earth.