Across
- 4. day to day conditions in the atmosphere.
- 7. fast narrow air current the blows from west to east in the upper atmosphere causing weather to move west-east direction.
- 8. act of gasses being released into the atmosphere.
- 9. the force exerted on the surface of earth by air above.
- 10. gasses that trap heat in the atmosphere specifically carbon dioxide.
- 11. an area where tectonic plates move away from each other or divide forming rifts and ridges.
- 14. a large body of water that has similar temperature and water vapor throughout.
- 20. building or expanding cities to accommodate the increasing population.
- 22. produced by wind temperature and density differences caused by uneven heating.
- 24. the average precipitation and temperature conditions in an area over multiple decades.
- 26. forms over land when a cool dry high pressure air mass collides with a warm low pressure air mass.
- 29. an area where tectonics plates slide past each other forming earthquakes.
- 30. the circular motion of liquids or gasses caused by density differences that result from temperature.
- 31. an air pressure system where dense air sinks generally cause dry and clear weather.
- 32. ocean water with warm surface temperature shifts east causing a wetter winter.
- 34. the accepted theory that describes how Earth is divided into giant plates that move.
- 35. ocean current that brings cold rich water down from Alaska a long the west coast.
- 36. the amount of greenhouse gasses your personal actions generate.
- 37. created by uneven heating by the solar radiation causes convection currents in the air.
- 38. boundary where two different air masses meet causing weather.
- 39. brings thunderstorms and leaves overcast and colder weather behind.
Down
- 1. ocean current that brings warm water from the equator up along the east coast and over to Europe.
- 2. digital tool used to track weather systems.
- 3. layer of Earth's atmosphere that we live in and where weather occurs.
- 5. abnormal rise in sea levels caused by a hurricane.
- 6. capturing and storing carbon dioxide to reduce the amount in the atmosphere and its effect.
- 12. an area where tectonics plates move toward each other and collide forming mountains.
- 13. soaking in or taking greenhouse gasses out of the atmosphere.
- 15. carbon based energy source.
- 16. energy that spreads out from all directions from the source and travels in waves like light and heat.
- 17. ocean water with cooler surface temperature shifts east causing drier winter.
- 18. brings drizzly rain and leaves clear skies and warmer weather behind.
- 19. burning fossil fuels gas releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere
- 21. streams of circulation in ocean waters that distribute energy in predictable patterns around Earth.
- 23. similar air pressure system distributed across a latitude.
- 25. the circular motion of liquids or gasses caused by density differences that result from temperature.
- 27. the theory that today's continents were once part of a single landmass that broke into pieces.
- 28. continuous movement of water between the ocean atmosphere and land.
- 33. an air pressure system where less dense air rises generally causing wet and overcast weather.