Across
- 2. – Yearly divisions caused by Earth’s tilt and orbit
- 4. – Amount of water vapor in the air
- 6. – Middle layer where most meteors burn up
- 8. – Three-oxygen molecule that protects Earth from UV rays
- 9. – Long-term weather patterns of a region
- 12. – Lowest layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs
- 13. – Layer containing the ozone; sits above the troposphere
- 14. Pressure – Weight of the atmosphere pressing down
Down
- 1. – Day-to-day state of the atmosphere
- 3. – Very hot atmospheric layer containing the ionosphere
- 5. – Heat transfer by movement of fluids, driving weather
- 7. – Outer layer where Earth’s air thins into space
- 9. – Visible mass of tiny water droplets or ice crystals in the air
- 10. – The blanket of gases surrounding Earth
- 11. – Force exerted on a surface