Across
- 2. pilots like to fly in this region because of less weather disturbance
- 4. average temperatures and precipitation of an area over a year
- 6. the general day to day conditions of an area
- 8. the heat waves directly falling on a surface and heating it up
- 9. the measure of how much water vapor is in the air
- 10. layers of air that surround Earth
- 13. the most abundant gas in the atmosphere
- 14. layer of the atmosphere in which we live
- 15. the largest man-made greenhouse gas
- 17. water turns into this state of matter when evaporated
- 19. layer a layer embedded in the stratosphere protecting us from UV radiation
- 22. this atmospheric layer has the aurora borealis
- 24. air pressure here is so low in this atmospheric layer that your blood can boil at regular temperature
- 25. the weight of all air pressing down on Earth's surface
- 27. gases that are trapped beneath the atmosphere and warm Earth up
Down
- 1. these rays penetrate DNA and damage our cells
- 3. when the air is full of water
- 5. warm air is ____ than cold air.
- 7. the measure of how hot or cold the air is
- 11. the sinking of cool air and the rising of hot air
- 12. the transfer of heat from one surface to another through an object
- 16. the gas released after photosynthesis is finished
- 18. the area over which an air mass formed/originated
- 20. cold air is ____ than warm air
- 21. the temperature at which the air would be completely saturated
- 23. large body of air with a uniform temperature and moisture content
- 26. a gas produced from the burning of fossil fuels