Across
- 1. what you need to measure the atmospheric pressure
- 5. extreme weather occurring when water vapour is rising in warm air condenses releasing thermal energy
- 6. winds winds that are typical for a certain region
- 7. the last layer of the earths atmosphere
- 8. keeps incoming and outgoing energy in balance
- 10. the layers of gases that extend above a planets surface
- 13. describes the amount of radiation reflected by a surface
- 14. a change in direction of moving air,water or objects due to earths rotation
- 16. local winds caused by the different rates by which land and water respond to heating and cooling
- 18. the fourth layer of the earths atmosphere
- 20. the amount of force per unit
Down
- 2. the pressure exerted by mass of air above a point on earth's surface
- 3. the amount of solar radiation that reaches a certain wave
- 4. the layer above the stratosphere
- 9. a violent, funnel-shaped column of rotatin air that touches the ground
- 11. the measurement of vertical force per one unit area
- 12. th layer above the troposphere
- 15. the atmospheric layer that absorbs much of the ultra violet radiation from the sun
- 17. th lowest layer of the earths atmosphere
- 19. tropical cyclones; the name for these violent storms used by people loving in the Atlantic Ocean