Climate Review

2. The tilt of the Earth’s axis is
5. heat movement through touch.
6. percent of solar radiation that it reflects
10. is the state of the atmosphere
11. the movement of cool air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure
12. Distance above sea level
13. heat movement through waves of radiation.
17. long term average of typical temperature, precipitation and air flow
19. climate that is kept similar due to large water bodies
21. Layer that is comprised of rocks and minerals
22. The deflection of a moving object from a straight path by the rotation of the Earth
24. fourth layer of the atmosphere where temperatures can vary greatly
25. contains all living and non-living components of Earth

1. Horizontal lines on Earth that move away from the equator
3. The amount of solar energy that makes contact on the Earth’s surface.
4. Layer that includes 4 layers to describe temperature in the air
7. one of two points in Earth’s orbit at which the poles are the most tilted toward or away from the sun.
8. Gases in the atmosphere trap heat.
9. The angle between a ray falling on a surface and the line perpendicular to that surface.
14. A band of fast moving air in the stratosphere
15. third layerof the atmosphere
16. second layer of the atmosphere that has ozone
17. heat movement through air particles.
18. Layer that is water
20. can reflect, scatter or absorb solar radiation
23. first layer of the atmosphere where we live