Climate Crossword

3. help to distribute the heat of the sun from one part of the world to another through the upward motion of the air
6. strong, generally westerly winds that form a narrow zone in the upper troposphere
9. regions in between the equator and the poles, has changing seasons
10. a circular pattern of air rising, air sinking, and wind
12. warming leads to the movement of water and air, causes regional climates
14. the half of Earth that's north of the equator
15. describes a climate with little rainfall
21. the transfer of nitrogen from the atmosphere to the soil, to living organisms, and back to the atmosphere
22. the meteorological conditions: temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
23. measure of the average energy from particles moving (how hot or cold)
25. a movement of ocean water that follows a regular pattern
26. the average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
28. an imaginary line that divides the earth into the Eastern and Western hemispheres, and is 0º longitude

1. describes a climate with a lot of moisture in the air and rainfall
2. an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres and is 0º latitude
4. the half of Earth that's east of the prime meridian
5. measure of the amount of water vapor in the air
7. science dealing with the atmosphere and weather
8. the half of Earth that's south of the equator
11. a current caused by the rising of heated fluids and gases, and the sinking of cooled fluids and gases
13. the half of Earth that's west of the prime meridian
16. the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet
17. the organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again
18. a warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico northward through the Atlantic Ocean
19. regions near the North and South poles, experience extreme cold
20. winds that blow from east to west from 30 degrees latitude to the equator in both hemispheres
24. regions just north or south of the equator, where weather is usually hot
27. axis tilted 23.5 degrees, the point earth spins on and causes the changes in the seasons