Earth Science 9.3 Review

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Across
  1. 2. atmospheric pressure is measured with this
  2. 4. this is a simple device that points into the wind
  3. 6. air temperature is measured with this
  4. 7. this type of barometer does not use liquid
  5. 8. “lines of equal pressure”
  6. 9. one type of weather shelter is a Stevenson__________
  7. 10. _____atmospheric pressure usually indicates bad weather
  8. 11. extremely powerful computers capable of rapidly performing complex calculations
  9. 13. this tool uses radio waves to detect objects and measure their distance
  10. 16. to measure the distance from the ground to the base of clouds, meteorologists use this
  11. 17. “lines of equal heat”
Down
  1. 1. this device measures visibility
  2. 3. this device uses relative humidity
  3. 5. this device measures rain that has fallen
  4. 12. instruments that simultaneously measure and transmit meteorological data from balloons to weather stations
  5. 14. to predict what the weather will be like
  6. 15. wind speeds near the earth’s surface are measured by this