Kendyll Hiner "Week 28 Vocab"

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Across
  1. 2. A belt of converging winds and rising air encircling Earth near the Equator
  2. 4. When the valley floor warms during the day, warm air rises up the slopes of surrounding mountains and hills to create a valley breeze
  3. 7. Dry, cold prevailing winds that blow from the high-pressure areas of the polar highs at the north and south poles towards low-pressure areas within the Westerlies at high latitudes
  4. 8. Prevailing Winds from the west toward the east in the middle latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees latitude
  5. 11. Winds that reliably blow east to west just north and south of the equator.
  6. 14. a breeze of diurnal period depending on the unevenness of land surfaces and blowing down the slope by night
Down
  1. 1. The movement of air over Earths surface in patterns that are worldwide
  2. 3. Located at 30 degrees north and south latitude
  3. 5. The curving of the path of a moving object from an other wise straight path due to Earth's rotation
  4. 6. a breeze blowing toward the sea from the land, especially at night, owing to the relative warmth of the sea
  5. 9. a breeze blowing toward the land from the sea, especially during the day owing to the relative warmth of the land
  6. 10. The movement of air over short distanced: occurs in specific areas as a result of certain geographical features
  7. 12. The movement of air caused by difference in air pressure
  8. 13. a narrow band if strong winds that blow in the upper troposphere