Across
- 3. process that occurs when gases in the earth's atmosphere trap the suns heat
- 4. a body of air with horizontally uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure
- 8. occurs when air masses are forced to flow over high topography
- 9. movement of particles through a substance
- 10. the science of weather
- 12. the boundary separating two different types of air
- 13. the measure of water vapor in the air
- 14. temperature to which air must cool for it to become saturated with water
- 16. the fraction of light a surface reflects
- 18. heat transmitted through collisions
- 19. state of the atmosphere at a given time and place
Down
- 1. the study of the atmosphere and weather patterns over time
- 2. measure of hotness/coldness expressed in terms
- 5. the force exerted on a surface by the air above it as gravity pulls it to Earth
- 6. narrow bands of strong wind that generally blow from west to east all across the globe
- 7. the amount of solar radiation received by a planet
- 11. energy that comes from a source & travels through space at the speed of light
- 15. visible aggregate of minute droplets of water or particles of ice or a mixture of both floating in the free air
- 17. the movement of air
- 18. the long term pattern of weather in a particular area