Chapter 3 Geography

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Across
  1. 2. Calm areas centered around the equator.
  2. 4. A tropical storm that brings violent winds, heavy rain, and high seas; also called a typhoon.
  3. 5. The condition of the atmosphere at a given place & time.
  4. 7. effect The forming of a desert on the leeward side of mountains due to lack of moisture.
  5. 8. A device attached to a satellite that collects information about the earth.
  6. 11. A wind that usually blows from the same direction year-round.
  7. 12. Water below a tundra surface that remains frozen throughout the year.
  8. 14. The warming of the earth created by the trapping of the sun’s energy in Earth’s atmosphere.
  9. 19. The type of wind that dominates the high latitudes and brings cold conditions into the middle latitudes, usually blowing from the east.
  10. 20. A wind system in which winds completely reverse direction and bring wet and dry seasons.
  11. 21. The amount of water vapor in the air.
  12. 22. A type of satellite that collects information about Earth’s surface and the condition of Earth’s environment
  13. 24. A small, twisting, highly destructive storm that usually forms along fronts in the middle latitudes.
Down
  1. 1. Height on the earth’s surface above or below sea level.
  2. 3. The measurement of the force exerted by air.
  3. 5. A west-to-east wind that dominates the middle latitudes, blowing from the subtropical high-pressure zone to the subpolar low-pressure zone.
  4. 6. The effect of mountains on climate that produces moisture on the windward side and dryness on the leeward side.
  5. 9. An east-to-west wind that blows from the subtropical high-pressure zone toward the equatorial low-pressure zone.
  6. 10. The process by which water is changed from liquid to gas.
  7. 12. Condensed droplets of water vapor that falls as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
  8. 13. The process by which water vapor changes from a gas into liquid droplets.
  9. 15. Short-grass vegetation found between deserts and more humid climates.
  10. 16. A zone formed by the meeting of two air masses with very different temperatures and amounts of moisture.
  11. 17. The measurement of heat.
  12. 18. Weather conditions in an area averaged over a long period of time.
  13. 23. A tropical storm that brings violent winds, heavy rain, and high seas; also called a hurricane.