Across
- 2. warm current in the North Atlantic flowing from the Gulf of Mexico northeast along the US coast
- 4. atmospheric conditions of a particular time and place
- 7. the process by which water is changed from a liquid to a gas (water vapor); a stage of the water cycle
- 8. the process by which water is changed from gas (water vapor) to a liquid; a stage of the water cycle
- 12. a measure of how hot or cold the air is
- 13. the continuous movement of water through the environment by evaporation, condensation, precipitation and runoff
- 15. risky
- 18. the process by which plants release water vapor into the air
- 19. temperature at which air is fully saturated because of decreasing temperatures while holding the amount of moisture constant
- 20. the transfer of thermal energy due to collisions between particles (touch)
- 21. leading edge of a warm air mass moving in to replace a cold air mass
- 22. the circulation of particles within a material caused by the differences in thermal energy and density
Down
- 1. a boundary between two air masses
- 3. the long-term average weather conditions that occur in a particular region
- 5. a severe storm that develops over tropical oceans and whose strong winds of more than 119km/h spiral in toward the intensely low-pressure storm system
- 6. the pressure that a column of air exerts on the air, or a surface, below it
- 9. thermal energy that flows from a warmer material to a cooler material
- 10. narrow belt of strong winds that blows near the top of the troposphere
- 11. a form of water (hail, rain, sleet, snow) that condenses in the atmosphere and falls to Earth's surface
- 14. transfer of thermal energy by electromagnetic waves
- 16. movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure
- 17. a large area of air that has uniform temperature, humidity and pressure