Atmosphere Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. driven by the wind and tides
  2. 4. the transfer of thermal energy
  3. 7. the tendency of an object to shift its path due to the spin of the Earth
  4. 11. rising air creates this
  5. 15. this is how Earth's surface absorbs the sun's radiation
  6. 17. the reflectivity of the sun on a surface
  7. 18. the movement of ocean currents due to differences in density
  8. 20. the weight of air pushing down on an area
  9. 25. gases that surround the Earth atmosphere
  10. 27. speed of particles
  11. 28. the tropics receive this amount of sunlight
  12. 29. coldest layers of the atmosphere, burns up meteors
  13. 30. downward vertical current that pushes surface water down to the bottom
  14. 31. moves northward and warms up the East coast of the US
Down
  1. 1. caused by cold water sinking beneath the surface
  2. 3. small difference in pressure
  3. 5. during the day when the land is warmer than the water, this breeze will blow.
  4. 6. during the night when the land is cooler than the water, this breeze will blow.
  5. 8. temperature equals
  6. 9. tool used to measure wind speed
  7. 10. this scale is used to measure the effects of wind speeds
  8. 12. circular pattern of air flow caused by constantly rising and falling air.
  9. 13. layer of the atmosphere that contains the Ozone Layer
  10. 14. layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth
  11. 16. sinking air creates this
  12. 19. a northerly wind blows from the _____.
  13. 21. source of the wind's energy
  14. 22. hottest layers of the atmosphere
  15. 23. salinity
  16. 24. large volumes of deep cold water rising to the surface
  17. 26. differences in pressure systems causes this