Across
- 3. energy that travels across distances as certain types of waves
- 4. winds that travel long distance in steady patterns over several week’s
- 7. large volume of air that forms over land
- 8. the condition of earth’s atmosphere at a particular time and place
- 9. a tropical low- pressure system with sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour or more
- 11. the outer layer of gases of a large in space , such as a planet or star the mixture of gases the surrounds the solid earth one of four parts of the earth system
- 12. the horizontal movement of air caused by differences in air pressure
- 13. warmer air rises over land during the day and cooler air blows in from water
- 15. a violently rotating column of air stretching from a cloud to the ground
Down
- 1. layer of the atmosphere nearest the earth’s surface
- 2. changes daily in a regular pattern like sea breezes and mountain breezes
- 5. large volume of air that forms over water
- 6. the processed by which certain gases in a planet’s atmosphere absorb and emit infrared radiation resulting in and increase in surface temperature
- 10. cooler air blows out from land and warmer air rises over water at night
- 14. the boundary between air masses
