Climate and Weather

5. How the atmosphere "behaves" over relatively long periods of time
7. The direction downwind from the point of reference
9. Angular distance between horizontal lines parallel to the equator
11. It became the specialized agency of the United Nations for meteorology (weather and climate)
12. Angular distance between vertical lines parallel to the Prime Meridian
13. The study of changes in climate taken on the scale of the entire history of Earth
14. Latin word where climate originated
15. A human intervention to reduce the sources or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gases
18. He is best known for devising a climate classification system in 1948 that is still in use worldwide
19. Device that measures temperature
20. The direction upwind from the point of reference

1. The amount of water vapor in the air
2. His most notable contribution to science was the development of the climate classification system
3. Measure of hotness or coldness of the atmosphere
4. It is a scientific instrument used in meteorology to measure atmospheric pressure
5. The study of climate
6. The interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere
8. Branch of Climatology that deals with the interpretation of factors responsible for the spatial and temporal variations of exchange of air circulations, heat and humidity
10. A device used for measuring wind speed
13. Any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravity
15. Seasonal prevailing wind which lasts for several months
16. The adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects
17. Layer of gases surrounding the planet Earth that is retained by Earth's gravity
20. Flow of gases on a large scale
21. what conditions of the atmosphere are over a short period of time