Across
- 4. warm, dry winds that travel down mountain slopes
- 5. the most abundant gas in the homosphere
- 7. this process traps heat in Earth's atmosphere
- 8. heat transfer by electromagnetic waves
- 11. the outermost temperature layer of the atmosphere
- 13. type of convection cell that exists between the equator and latitude 30 degrees
- 14. the point where the solar wind pushes on Earth's magnetic field
Down
- 1. surface winds that blow toward the equator in the tropics
- 2. colorful displays that occur when solar wind particles react with molecules in the atmosphere
- 3. extremely powerful radiation that heats the molecules of the ionosphere
- 6. the coldest point in the atmosphere
- 9. the ratio of the solar radiation reflected by an object to the solar radiation that strikes it
- 10. this process occurs when air expands with no heat gained or lost
- 12. the change in the direction of winds caused by Earth's rotation