Unit 4 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. Lowest layer of earths atmosphere
  2. 6. layer between the mesosphere and the exosphere
  3. 8. Occur at latitudes greater than 60 degrees
  4. 9. Vertical cross-section from the surface down to the parent material
  5. 11. Earths rotation makes winds in the northern hemisphere curve to the right winds in the southern hemisphere curve to the left
  6. 13. Clay, Silt, Sand, Gravel
  7. 14. Original of the rocks from where the other layers in the soil come from
  8. 15. Mixture of organic materials with minerals
  9. 16. Average motion of the air in the mid-latitudes
Down
  1. 1. Where one side of a mountain receives more rain compared to the other side
  2. 2. Layer in between the troposphere and mesosphere
  3. 4. oceanic and atmospheric phenomenon that is the colder counterpart of “El niño”, as part of the broader “El niño southern Oscillation” climate pattern
  4. 5. Pattern where the destiny of water increases as it becomes colder and saltier
  5. 7. layer above the stratosphere
  6. 10. outermost atmospheric layer and it captures solar energy
  7. 12. Layer in the stratosphere that absorbs most of the hazardous UV radiation that is admitted by the sun
  8. 15. Low altitude circulations